affordable and inclusionary housing through the provision of community-
owned self-help schemes;
• Urgently review the database of persons on waiting lists for housing, and
publish one national list to deal with any duplications;
• Ensure newly built homes are properly inspected and that contractors are
held accountable for poor workmanship, which includes blacklisting repeat
offenders;
• See that infrastructure, such as sewage treatment plants and land-fill sites,
keep pace with housing developments to prevent pollution, unhygienic living
conditions and environmental pollution; and
• Ensure transparency in the awarding of housing development tenders which
will go through rigorous evaluation and approval stages.
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
We all need clean and safe drinking water, yet many towns suffer without
water for extended periods, with water tankers and tanks providing emergency
water supplies. We are also facing severe challenges due to deteriorating water
infrastructure and declining quality of drinking water.
The ACDP will:
• Eradicate informal settlements by prioritising permanent solutions over
temporary; and replace communal toilets with bulk water and sanitation
infrastructure;
• Ensure that all schools have flushing toilets to replace pit-toilets;
• Hold underperforming national, provincial and local authorities, as well as water
boards and water service authorities, accountable for poor service delivery;
• Employ private sector engineering and other necessary skills to remedy the
crisis; and
• Repeal the National Water Amendment Bill (2023) should it be enacted, as it
seeks to transfer many of the water-use rights vital to commercial agriculture
to emergent farmers lacking rights to land, working capital, and a host of
other vital inputs. This is likely to curtail production, push up food prices and
terminate many thousands of farming jobs.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Everyone should have access to quality basic education in safe, well-maintained
schools where parents are central to the education of their children, quality
tertiary education is accessible to those who qualify, and where skills training is
linked to market needs and career opportunities.
The ACDP will:
• Adopt a world-class education system such as the Cambridge system;
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2024 National and Provincial Elections