ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Gallo Images In anticipation of voter backlash in the upcoming local government elections, the ANC has decided to launch a toll-free hotline so that residents can report their service delivery concerns. Additionally, rapid response technical teams will be deployed to priority municipalities, where weekly monitoring of delivery performance will be conducted.
These were some of the decisions made at the ANC lekgotla outlined by ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula during a media briefing in Johannesburg yesterday. The lekgotla resolved that the party should strengthen municipal financial management and billing systems, eliminate unfunded budgets and fill funded vacancies with skilled personnel. Mbalula said through these measures, the ANC is committed to restoring functionality, credibility and a developmental orientation in local government.
“The lekgotla reaffirmed this moment requires leadership that is decisive, disciplined and people centred. “The ANC recommits itself to governing with humility, accountability and urgency, fully conscious of the expectations and hopes of South Africans,” Mbalula said. The gathering acknowledged the ANC’s failure lay in policy implementation not in lack of policy. It also identified gaps in coordination and a lack of institutional capacity.
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