Helen Zille uses BMW spins in Johannesburg campaign
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, appears behind the wheel of a BMW in a campaign video featuring car spins, to promote her party’s message on municipal services. The video targets South Africa’s local elections on 4 November, IOL reports.
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, appears at the wheel of a modified BMW in a campaign video in which the car performs a series of spins, IOL reports. The video promotes her party’s message on improving municipal services ahead of South Africa’s local elections on 4 November 2026.
The political leader, pictured wearing a hat and glasses, confirmed on social media that she had taken part in filming over the weekend. She used the wordplay about spinning to promise to “turn Johannesburg around” on 4 November, according to IOL.
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