Gazankulu National Party manifesto summary
Gazankulu National Party · 2026 local government elections
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Housing and title deeds
Water and sanitation
- Build water reticulations plants and clean water facilities. p.5
- Fix roads, potholes, and broken water pipes, and resuscitate old asbestos pipes. p.6
- Rehabilitate water pump stations and increase water plants' capacity. p.6
- Increase the number of boreholes and water tanks in communities without water. p.6
- Ensure all households receive the free water allocations they are entitled to. p.7
Electricity and energy
- Reduce electricity price and take over electricity from Eskom to replace transformers within 24 hours. p.5
- Provide free basic services, including free electricity, especially for poor people. p.5
- Engage Eskom to take over local electricity supply and ensure accountability in replacing transformers and installations. p.7
- Distribute solar geysers to all households to save electricity. p.7
- Provide gas stoves to disadvantaged families to save electricity. p.7
Roads and public transport
Not addressed in this manifesto.
Waste and refuse collection
Not addressed in this manifesto.
Safety and policing
- Build safer communities and fight crime and drugs. p.2p.11
- Undertake effective campaigns to address non-payment for services while delivering free basic services. p.11
- Ensure police patrol and work in partnership with community structures for safety. p.12
- Increase visibility of police forums and provide resources and stipends. p.12
- Put in more lighting to enhance safety in townships and villages. p.12
Jobs and the local economy
- Create jobs, education, training, and opportunities for all people. p.2
- Invite investors to build factories that will create job opportunities. p.5
- Increase the number of labour and shift workers to maintain water and sanitation and create jobs. p.7
- Work with all levels of government and businesses to grow the economy and increase jobs. p.8
- End labour broking in municipalities and support the creation of sustainable jobs. p.10
Rates, tariffs and municipal finance
- Make municipalities financially viable. p.2
- Strengthen the municipal finance recovery service function and simplify financial recovery plans in municipalities. p.11
- Find a long-term solution to the restructuring of historical uncollectable debts and write-offs. p.11
- Strengthen measures to generate revenue and revenue collection from Local Foreign Businesses. p.11
- Take over Eskom electricity supply to generate revenue for municipalities. p.11
Corruption, governance and accountability
- Fight corruption and end wastage. p.2p.10
- Subject mayors and senior managers to lifestyle audits to limit corruption. p.8p.11
- Act against officials conducting business with municipalities and those implicated in maladministration. p.10
- Advertise all recruitment and tenders in local radios and newspapers to avoid tender mafias. p.10
- Says it has already noticed insufficient progress due to corruption and wasteful expenditures in municipalities. p.4
Informal settlements and land
Not addressed in this manifesto.
Support for indigent households
- Provide free basic services, including free education, water, and electricity, especially for poor people. p.5
- Ensure all poor households receive their entitled free electricity allocations. p.7
- Give gas stoves to all disadvantaged families to save electricity. p.7
- Ensure councillors donate food parcels worth R800 to one family for five years. p.9
- Support community and co-operative food gardens on municipal land for impoverished programmes. p.10
By-law and municipal law enforcement
Not addressed in this manifesto.
Youth, sport, arts and libraries
- Build new libraries and sports grounds to fight poverty through education, arts, and sports. p.3