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Werner Pretorius

Werner Pretorius

Werner Pretorius, aged 36 when announced, is a South African politician and the Democratic Alliance's (DA) candidate for Executive Mayor of Mangaung (Bloemfontein) in the 2026 local government election.

Party
Democratic Alliance
Office
Member of the Free State Legislature 2024–
Education
University of the Free State
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (Democratic Alliance)
Wikipedia: centre to centre-right (Democratic Alliance)
Ideology: liberalism, social liberalism, classical liberalism

35%Probability · Mayor of Mangaung (Bloemfontein)?

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▼4 pts
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The party presented him as its candidate for the metro, which it calls a flagship municipality it aims to win. He is the DA's candidate for Mayor of Mangaung in the 2026 election.

Positions

At his launch in Bloemfontein, Pretorius set out five priorities for the DA in Mangaung: fixing the city's finances, reliable water and electricity supply, a clean, safe and corruption-free city, faster repair of roads and potholes, and jobs and economic opportunity. He said restoring effective law enforcement is central to service delivery, with police equipped to protect infrastructure such as water pipelines and electrical transformers from theft and vandalism. Wikipedia describes the DA as centre to centre-right. Mangaung's mayor is chosen by the council at its first sitting after the election.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. OFM · Bloem Express · Wikipedia

  1. Werner Pretorius 35%
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Mayor of Mangaung (Bloemfontein)?

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
Werner PretoriusCentre35%
Bongani Mathae12%
Lulaman Oditi-Titi8%
Gregory NthatisiCentre8%
Vusimuzi Soqaga7%
Sekhopi MaleboCentre5%
Sam Matiase4%
Motshewa Tladi4%
Thabo Manyoni4%
Theodorah Mosala-Leeuw2%

All 10 outcomes

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