- Water, Sewer Infrastructure, and Road Recovery:
Execute comprehensive bulk sewer engineering overhauls to end chronic overflows, clear blocked pipeline servitudes, and enforce strict 5-year preventative maintenance schedules.
Deploy ward-based rapid repair teams to eliminate water leaks, curb non-revenue water loss with smart meters, and overhaul neglected township and suburban roads.
- Universal Basic Services, Water, and Energy Security:
Guarantee dignified, reliable water standpipes and clean sanitation infrastructure in all informal settlements and rural linkages. Implement a unified One Energy Master Plan, combining high-mast lighting restoration, grid protection, solar embedded generation, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), and municipal waste-to- energy projects to mitigate load-shedding and cable theft.
- Economic Power, Local Procurement, and SMME Unbundling:
Unbundle municipal tenders so local township contractors, youth businesses, and cooperatives can compete fairly. Enforce a strict 30% procurement allocation for women, youth, and persons with disabilities, while mandating local labor targets on all infrastructure projects.
Overhaul restrictive municipal by-laws under the rule: KEEP, SIMPLIFY, DIGITIZE, OR REMOVE to protect township traders and informal vendors.
- Smart Digital Governance:
“One Resident, One Profile” Launch unified digital resident portals (e.g., Joburg One) enabling citizens to log utility faults, track repair progress with trackable SLAs, and apply for indigent support.
Utilize predictive infrastructure maintenance data to detect utility pipe bursts and electrical grid failure risks before breakdown occurs.
- Youth Development, Capital Pathways, and the Technical Artisan Pipeline:
Establish structured technical training pipelines to recruit and certify young residents as electricians, plumbers, water technicians, solar installers, and digital network technicians.
Deploy paid Youth Service Corps into digital inclusion, library support, environmental reclamation, and community elder care, featuring direct pathways into permanent employment or tertiary education.
- Insourcing EPWP Workers and Professionalizing Social Care:
End temporary, exploitative labor practices by insourcing Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers directly into permanent, ward-based maintenance, waste, and security teams.
Graduate and professionalize 100,000 community caregivers to NQF Level 4 qualification standards, integrating home-based social support with municipal healthcare systems.
- Land Tenure Rights, Title Deeds, and Settlement Upgrading:
Fast-track title deed issuance with published quarterly targets and public digital tracking.
Transition informal settlement dwellers from precarious occupancy to formal tenure security, serviced stands, and pathways to permanent housing.
- Primary Healthcare, Clinic Safety, and Environmental Health:
Upgrade primary healthcare clinics to Occupational Health and Safety standards, fitting automated fire detection systems, continuous backup generators, and integrated CCTV surveillance.
Standardize daily scheduled refuse collection, eliminate illegal dumping sites, and deploy local cleaning corps.
- Unified Public Transit Networks and Minibus Taxi Partnerships:
Integrate minibus taxis, BRT corridors, municipal buses, and passenger rail into unified journey-planning networks.
Treat the minibus taxi industry as formal public transit partners, investing in rank upgrades, safety management, and fleet integration.
- Active Citizenry, Senior Care, and Zero Tolerance for Corruption:
Protect senior citizens through simplified billing dispute desks, expanded free basic utility allocations, and pensioner utility rebates. Establish community hunger alleviation networks connecting fresh produce markets and urban farms directly to community kitchens and vulnerable households.
Enforce total transparency via ward councillor performance scorecards, live streamed council and bid adjudication meetings, public contract dashboards, and a 30-day referral rule for irregular expenditure.
- Safety, Security and Safer Communities:
Make neighbourhoods safer through prevention, accountability and coordinated action;
improve street lighting and maintain safe public spaces; strengthen municipal law enforcement within its legal mandate; work with SAPS, Community Policing Forums, Neighbourhood Watch Committees, Schools and Community organisations; expand youth development, violence prevention and substance-abuse interventions;
improve support and referral services for victims of gender-based violence;
and promote safe routes to schools, public transport and community facilities.
- Climate Resilience, Heritage and Dignified Public Spaces:
Protect the environment, preserve community identity, and prepare municipalities for future challenges.
Improve flood prevention, drought planning, and emergency preparedness.
Guard the rivers, wetlands, public open spaces, and vulnerable coastal areas against any form of pollution. Expand tree planting, adopt responsible water-use measures and monitor energy-efficient municipal facilities.
Maintain cemeteries and ensure dignified, accessible burial services.
Shield historical heritage sites & artefacts, and take care of cultural practices and in consultation with affected communities. Recognize the contribution of religious institutions and community organizations to social cohesion.
And ensure that public spaces remain safe, and that these be inclusive and accessible to all.
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