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AL JAMA-AH URGES VOTERS TO REJECT CLASS-BASED SERVICE DELIVERY AND APARTHEID SPATIAL PLANNING
SOUTH AFRICA — Political Economist Dr. Dale McKinley has delivered a scathing assessment of municipal governance, asserting that the Public Protector’s findings against the Democratic Alliance (DA) reveal a class-based service delivery system in Cape Town. Speaking on Radio G ’s Dialogue Rakes with host Al Fassengosu, Dr. McKinley highlighted how the DA’s administration has fostered systemic inequality by providing efficient municipal services to affluent suburbs and the CBD while consistently neglecting working-class communities such as Khayelitsha, Langa, and Philippi.
Dr. McKinley argued that the Public Protector’s Report No. 12 of 2026/27 exposes an infrastructure and service delivery gap that directly contradicts the DA’s claims of superior
administrative efficiency. He noted that this maladministration and failure to fulfill constitutional obligations reflects broader political challenges, drawing comparisons to similar governance failures in coalition-run municipalities like Johannesburg. According to Dr. McKinley, the confirmation of these long-standing grievances is reshaping the political landscape ahead of the November 4th local government elections, driving frustrated voters toward alternative parties such as the Patriotic Alliance and Congress, or back to the ANC.
Building on these expert observations, AL JAMA-AH has made a final appeal to South African voters to support the party in the upcoming local government elections to advance constitutional accountability, equal service delivery, and the reversal of apartheid-era spatial inequalities. The party demands the full implementation of the Public Protector’s remedial recommendations regarding the DA-led City of Cape Town, emphasizing that severe shortcomings in housing administration, sanitation, water supply, refuse removal, and public lighting in vulnerable areas require urgent corrective action.
In a special edition of ALJAMA TIMES, AL JAMA-AH detailed legal and constitutional compliance issues surrounding the DA’s municipal performance. The publication highlights key legal rulings, including the Constitutional Court’s Tafelberg judgment—which established that the DA-led Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town failed to meet constitutional housing obligations in central Cape Town and Sea Point—as well as the Western Cape High Court ruling declaring certain fixed municipal water, sewerage, and cleaning charges unlawful.
AL JAMA-AH also warned against governance and service delivery failures extending to Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane, urging voters to hold municipal leadership accountable across all regions. In response, AL JAMA-AH advocates for municipal reform focused on affordable services, housing equality, infrastructure rehabilitation, and transparent procurement. Drawing on its executive mayoral experience in Johannesburg under Kabelo Gwamanda, the party promotes policy solutions such as predictable flat-rate electricity arrangements for qualifying households, structured municipal debt relief, and dedicated infrastructure maintenance funding
The party’s core message remains clear: municipal services must be provided based on human need and constitutional rights rather than income level or geographic location. AL JAMA-AH calls on all citizens to vote for a government dedicated to restoring human dignity, enforcing lawful administration, and ensuring equitable service delivery for every community.
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Issued by: AL JAMA-AH