Statement by Tertuis Simmers – DA Western Cape Leader:
The DA welcomes the resignation of Jarques Esau, Ward 25 Councillor in George Municipality, who has resigned from the ANC and joined the DA.
Councillor Esau served as Ward 25 Councillor from 2017 to 2026 and has been involved in the ANC since the age of 16. His decision to leave follows the deepening decline within the ANC and its inability to govern effectively.
He believes the DA is the only credible vehicle to deliver clean governance, restore public trust, and accelerate service delivery.
This follows further ANC departures in the Western Cape, including former ANC Western Cape Secretary Neville Delport, along with Paul Strauss, Daniel Baadjies, and Jason Donn, who joined the DA in November last year. Strauss and Baadjies have since successfully reclaimed their council seats under the DA banner in two recent by-elections.
Esau’s defection reflects the growing desire of ANC members across the province to join a party that works.
Take Away
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do unbelievable work.