04/06/2026
I Wonke Mapeyi didn't choose Guguletu.
Guguletu chose me.
I was born here in 1991. I went to school here. I learned what it means to struggle here, and I learned what it means to stand up here. Every blanket I've handed out, every child I've put shoes on, every elder I've sat with at Christmas, every young person I've walked through the doors of Parliament, I did it because this place is in my blood.
I'm not coming to Ward 39 as a stranger with a clipboard and a manifesto.
I'm coming as your neighbour. As someone who has been in your streets, in your schools, in your community halls, not when the cameras were there, but when the work needed to be done.
I know what Ward 39 needs because I have lived Ward 39. I know which taps don't work. I know which children are going to school hungry. I know which gogo is spending Christmas alone. I know, because I am here, and I have always been here.
With the community of Ward 39, I can serve at an even larger scale: give me a seat at the table that lets me fight for you louder, harder, and with the full force of a mandate behind me.
Guguletu didn't just shape me. Guguletu is the reason I'm standing.
Vote Wonke Mapeyi. Ward 39. 2026.
Your neighbour. Your councillor.
