MK Party manifesto summary

Housing and title deeds

• Eliminate homelessness by providing well-resourced shelters and facilitating access to drug rehabilitation, skills development, training, and decent employment. p.15
• Establish a housing guarantee scheme to encourage home construction and ownership among public servants and the employed/the gap market. p.17
• Encourage the establishment of professionally run co-operative social housing structures to manage allocation and maintenance of state-provided housing units. p.17
• Offer mixed-income housing by integrating diverse options within a single development for various income levels. p.17
• Expropriate abandoned property to expand public housing provision. p.17

Water and sanitation

• Ensure state ownership and control of all natural resources, including water, on behalf of the South African people. p.6
• Ensure that key state SOEs provide cheap water for citizens and industry. p.11
• Reverse policies that privilege private capital over the state in providing water infrastructure. p.11

Electricity and energy

• Ensure state ownership and control of all natural resources, including renewable energy resources. p.6
• Reverse and rescind the Un-Just Transition from coal and renew Eskom's coal fleet. p.11
• Review and repeal all privatisation agreements and the Independent Power Producers programme. p.11
• Ensure key state SOEs provide cheap electricity for citizens and industry. p.11
• Review financing relationships with the West to achieve self-sufficiency in energy. p.22

Roads and public transport

• Prioritise a balanced mix of rail, taxis, buses, and air travel to optimise efficiency. p.16
• Integrate public transport and subsidise the taxi industry within the public transport system. p.17
• Increase access and provide an integrated transport system in rural areas by revitalising the rail system and rebuilding train stations. p.17
• Recapitalize the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system for improved efficiency in cities and townships. p.17
• Develop a High-Speed Rail (HSR) network, focusing on key rail links in the medium term. p.18

Waste and refuse collection

Not addressed in this manifesto.

Safety and policing

• Strengthen crime intelligence and remove operatives linked to criminal syndicates. p.20
• Ensure each police station has a specialised unit for investigating gender-based crimes. p.20
• Adopt a multifaceted approach to increase investments in law enforcement recruitment, training, and equipment. p.20
• Resource forensic laboratories to speed up arrests and improve convictions. p.20
• Foster closer cooperation between police services and crime intelligence for proactive crime prevention. p.20

Jobs and the local economy

• Provide permanent jobs for capable and willing workers at a basic salary of R4500, with training and skills opportunities. p.3
• Offer employment to everyone willing and able to work, at a decent wage above R4500, with skills development and training opportunities. p.15
• Unleash employment and economic activity in agriculture through equitable land reform. p.5
• Eliminate homelessness by providing shelters and facilitating access to skills development, training, and decent employment. p.15
• Use military service to combat youth unemployment and promote civic values and national culture. p.19

Rates, tariffs and municipal finance

Not addressed in this manifesto.

Corruption, governance and accountability

• Strengthen the fight against corruption by increasing the funding and capacity of the investigative directorate. p.20
• Revamp the Department of Home Affairs through eliminating corruption and updating immigration infrastructure. p.20
• Ensure a dedicated fight to eliminate corruption among correctional officials and police. p.21

Informal settlements and land

• Engage community-based organisations and traditional authorities to revamp and redesign human settlements to meet minimum norms and standards. p.17

Support for indigent households

• Introduce an adequate Basic Income Grant above the poverty line of R1 558 for those who are not able to work. p.15
• Introduce a comprehensive social security system to guarantee a well-defined minimum standard of living. p.15

By-law and municipal law enforcement

Not addressed in this manifesto.

Youth, sport, arts and libraries

Not addressed in this manifesto.