DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille says the viral video of her swimming in a pothole was an opportunity to show citizens that the party can fix Johannesburg.
In March, Zille, dressed in a wetsuit, mask, and snorkel, swam in the murky water-filled pothole in Douglasdale to highlight the citys deteriorating infrastructure.
She had jokingly called it a free Saturday afternoon swim and attempted a backstroke while noting that the pothole dam was caused by a burst pipe that had been neglected for three years.
