GREATER PTA NP SELECTS CANDIDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1 ELECTION

PRETORIA Sept 2 Sapa

The Greater Pretoria National Party has chosen its candidates
for the November 1 local government election, the party said in a
statement on Saturday.

Spokeswoman Annelize van Wyk said the team of more than 100
candidates were decided through a process of electoral colleges
that took place over two weeks.

"Candidates that were elected are representative of the total
support base of the NP in the Pretoria region. Women are also very
well represented on the candidate list," she said.

Van Wyk said the NP realises that in Greater Pretoria it would
have to fight the whole spectrum of political parties.

"We are the common opponent of the African National Congress as
well as the parties to the right of the spectrum. We are ready,
able and willing. The race has started and the NP is going for
gold."

She added that during the 1994 general election the majority of
people in Pretoria voted for the NP.

"We intend to keep it that way. After November 1 Pretoria will
again be national," van Wyk said.