Khathutshelo Rasilingwane

She has served as an Ekurhuleni councillor, as the city's member of the mayoral committee for community safety, and as a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. She is the DA's candidate for Mayor of Ekurhuleni in the 2026 local government election.

Career

Rasilingwane was a councillor in the City of Ekurhuleni and held the post of member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for community safety there. She later became a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature for the DA, where she drew attention by reporting that the Gauteng provincial government pays millions of rands a month for empty buildings. In March 2026 the DA announced her as its mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni, chosen through a formal selection process from five applicants; Sunday World reports she was picked over Mike Waters, who had been seen as the favourite.

Positions

In announcing her candidacy she set out priorities of clean and competent governance, affordable and reliable basic services, economic growth that attracts investment and creates jobs, an end to corruption, and repairing the city's infrastructure. She has said Ekurhuleni has been at the forefront of corruption and that a DA administration would deal with it. She has rejected suggestions that she was chosen because of her skin colour or gender, saying the DA has talent across all races.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. EWN · Sunday World · Wikipedia