DA's manifesto launch: A commitment to fighting corruption and improving municipal services
The DA has laid down the law with a hard-line blueprint for the country's municipalities.
The DA has unveiled a new manifesto ahead of the upcoming local government elections, vowing to tackle corruption, illegal land grabs and wasteful spending in South Africa's struggling municipalities. Party leader Geordin Hill-Lewis, also Mayor of Cape Town, made the announcement in Newtown, Johannesburg, to a crowd of thousands of supporters.
The manifesto emphasizes three key promises to voters: ensuring municipal jobs go to qualified individuals, restricting the use of water and electricity funds to their respective services, and holding municipalities accountable for proper evidence collection and conviction rates in criminal cases. The party also plans to implement hotlines for residents to report new shacks before they become permanent structures, amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, and replace black economic empowerment with a non-racial model focused on poverty alleviation and job creation.
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