Cilliers Brink, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate, leads the market at 62% as the party targets an outright majority or dominant coalition position in the November 4 local government elections. Recent polling places the DA near or above 43%, reflecting voter concerns over service delivery, infrastructure decay, and coalition instability under the current multiparty government led by ActionSA’s Nasiphi Moya. Brink’s platform emphasizes anti-corruption measures, expanded private-sector partnerships for utilities and roads, and crime-fighting technology. Moya, at 21.5%, campaigns on stabilization gains and seeks five more years, though internal coalition tensions and opposition attacks on finances have weighed on her position. Lower-priced contenders tied to the ANC or other parties face structural barriers in a contest framed around governance outcomes and electoral math.