After bankrupting and collapsing a number of municipalities across the country, the ANC’s answer for this coming local government election is to propose the construction of a new "smart city" on the KZN South Coast.
The plight of communities calling for basic services such as clean drinking water, proper sanitation services and refuse collection seem to have fallen on deaf ears. The ANC has simply abandoned any pretence of fixing dysfunctional municipalities.
With the local government elections just a few weeks away, South Africans have an opportunity to remind the ANC that this election is about getting the basics right. The DA is the only party with a record in government that is able to restore their dignity, which has been forever trampled on by the ANC’s poor service delivery.
In municipalities where the DA governs, residents have better access to clean water and sanitary environments. Plans are at an advanced stage to disengage from Eskom’s expensive and unreliable power supply.
Recognising the DA’s stellar record as a party that gets the basics right, residents in DA municipalities cannot wait to vote the party back into government with increased majority. While the DA appreciates the support that it is getting from residents where it governs, the primary objective is to replicate the model of getting the basics right throughout SA.
Communities have a golden opportunity to usher in clean and service delivery-oriented DA municipalities on November 1.
Noko Masipa, DA MP
Why 'smart cities' when people lack basic services?
After bankrupting and collapsing a number of municipalities across the country, the ANC’s answer for this coming local government election is to propose the construction of a new "smart city" on the KZN South Coast.
The plight of communities calling for basic services such as clean drinking water, proper sanitation services and refuse collection seem to have fallen on deaf ears. The ANC has simply abandoned any pretence of fixing dysfunctional municipalities.
With the local government elections just a few weeks away, South Africans have an opportunity to remind the ANC that this election is about getting the basics right. The DA is the only party with a record in government that is able to restore their dignity, which has been forever trampled on by the ANC’s poor service delivery.
In municipalities where the DA governs, residents have better access to clean water and sanitary environments. Plans are at an advanced stage to disengage from Eskom’s expensive and unreliable power supply.
Recognising the DA’s stellar record as a party that gets the basics right, residents in DA municipalities cannot wait to vote the party back into government with increased majority. While the DA appreciates the support that it is getting from residents where it governs, the primary objective is to replicate the model of getting the basics right throughout SA.
Communities have a golden opportunity to usher in clean and service delivery-oriented DA municipalities on November 1.
Noko Masipa, DA MP