PRIORITY
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PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR ALL
Invest in people, We will invest in South
Africa’s people by improving access to quality
THE ANC WILL:
education and health, expanding the use
• National and provincial government will be given
of science and technology, and ensuring
more powers to intervene to provide clean water, where
municipalities are struggling to properly provide this service,
all people have decent housing and basic
build maintenance capacity and complete water
services.
infrastructure projects.
• Separate water services authorities from water service
ENSURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DELIVERS
providers as part of efficiency improvements.
THE ANC WILL:
• Ensure proper planning and investment to address
immediate and future sanitation needs.
• National and provincial governments will be given greater
responsibilities to support municipalities that struggle to
• Complete in the coming five years the major dams and
provide services to communities.
water schemes to ensure sustainable access to water for
a growing population. These include the uMzimvubu and
• The ANC will ensure that its public representatives and
uMkhomazi dams, raising of the Clanwilliam and Tzaneen
deployees are held accountable for the basic services to
dam walls, the Loskop, Pilansberg, Mandlakazi, Giyane and
communities that form part of their responsibilities and
Tsomo water schemes, and the Olifants Management Model
our 2021 Manifesto undertaking to fill critical vacancies
Water Scheme.
with qualified people. We will track implementation through
the ANC Local Government Monitor and act against public
• Assist municipalities, through our public employment
representatives who are not performing, which may include
projects, to deal with fixing water leaks.
their recall.
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