DAVID LENGOABALA

ANC LOCAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE - BETHLEHEM FREE STATE

DAVID LENGOABALA, ANC executive mayor candidate for the Bethlehem Local Council, is currently the chairperson of the caucus of District Council 19, Thabo-Mofutsanyane and mayor of Clarens TLC in the Bethlehem region.

He was ANC regional chairperson from 1997-98. He is the branch chairperson of the ANC in Clarens and is currently a member of the Regional Executive Committee.

Born in 1954, he has been an activist in the South African Council of Churches (SACC) since the 1980s. He was a vocal opponent of the incorporation of Bothabelo into the Qwa-Qwa bantustan.

He has been instrumental in the establishment of several community-based developmental organisations. He is a well-resepcted community leader both within and outside the ANC.