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Policy Commitments
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AZANIA demands strict fiscal discipline, elimination of tender fraud, termination of wasteful external consultancy contracts, and the dismantling of administrative bloat. They propose in-sourcing municipal services, ending fruitless and irregular expenditure, and holding municipal administration accountable through transparent statutory public participation under the MFMA.
Key Proposals
- Legally terminate wasteful external consultancy contracts and invoke clauses prioritizing internal capacity building of municipal services.
- Eliminate tender fraud and end fruitless, wasteful, and irregular expenditure across all municipal departments.
- Cut bloated administrative overheads and eliminate redundant executive positions to balance municipal operational budgets.
- Utilize statutory powers under the MFMA Section 28 and Municipal Systems Act to pass transparent mid-term budget adjustments with robust public participation.
- Conduct strict municipal privacy and compliance audits while dismantling invasive surveillance infrastructure.
AZANIA incorporates skills development, youth apprenticeships, and wellness education into municipal functions. They focus on training unemployed youth in technical trades (micro-grids, water systems, housing construction) and law enforcement (peace officers), alongside building community sports and wellness infrastructure.
Key Proposals
- Implement vocational training and apprenticeship programs for local unemployed youth in micro-grid assembly, water infrastructure, and housing construction.
- Train local youth as Municipal Law Enforcement Officers (Peace Officers) and Coast Guard personnel.
- Deliver continuous professional development for municipal health workers in integrative wellness.
- Upgrade community recreational and sports infrastructure for youth development.
AZANIA demands the immediate abolition of fixed electricity charges, freezing double-digit tariff hikes via MFMA mid-term budget adjustments, and legally decoupling from Eskom under the Electricity Regulation Act. They propose building localized micro-grids powered by waste-to-energy conversion plants and inline conduit hydropower turbines embedded within water pipes, placing electricity under a Public Trust.
Key Proposals
- Abolish extortionate electricity fixed charges immediately by tabling urgent mid-term budget adjustments under the MFMA and Municipal Systems Act.
- Challenge NERSA-approved double-digit tariff hikes and freeze utility rate increases for South African citizens.
- Legally decouple from Eskom by constructing municipal micro-grids and distribution networks under the Electricity Regulation Act.
- Deploy waste-to-energy conversion plants and inline conduit hydropower turbines embedded within municipal water pipes.
- Fund energy capital expenditure through international and domestic development grants rather than ratepayer debt.
- Place electricity in a Public Trust free from private corporate or government ownership.
AZANIA advocates for mass-constructing affordable, durable housing using local labor and materials to expand the municipal ratepayer base and reverse Apartheid-style spatial inequality. They plan to fast-track municipal land release, establish Inner-City Renewal Funds, and enforce anti-displacement property protections to prevent foreign gentrification.
Key Proposals
- Fast-track municipal land release and rezone underutilized public parcels for mass affordable housing under the Housing Act and Municipal Systems Act.
- Deploy cost-effective, high-durability housing methods incorporating resource-efficient designs, locally sourced materials, and local unemployed labor.
- Establish dedicated Inner-City Renewal Funds and Development Funds to address inner-city neglect and Apartheid-style unequal development.
- Offer targeted tax incentives, rate rebates, and streamlined building approvals to attract private investment and eliminate urban decay.
- Implement tiered pricing and property rating protections under MPRA and Constitution Section 229 to protect local citizens against foreign gentrification.
AZANIA adopts a protective localist approach to border control and commerce. They establish dedicated municipal coast guards in coastal metros to secure maritime borders against smuggling, deploy rigorous food safety inspectors to enforce strict compliance across local markets and vendors, and implement tiered utility and property pricing to prevent foreign buyer gentrification.
Key Proposals
- Formally establish a dedicated municipal coast guard division in coastal metros to secure maritime borders and intercept drug trafficking.
- Deploy rigorous food safety inspectors across local markets, informal spazas, and vendors to enforce strict compliance.
- Implement tiered pricing and rating structures giving lower utility rates and property protections to South African citizens over non-residents.
AZANIA introduces a comprehensive 'Wipe Out Debt' policy, granting full municipal debt amnesty to struggling households by adopting updated Credit Control and Debt Collection policies. They commit to registering all qualifying indigent households for national equitable share grants, abolishing electricity fixed charges, and freezing utility hikes.
Key Proposals
- Grant full municipal debt amnesty to struggling households by exercising statutory discretion to write off irrecoverable debt under the MFMA.
- Terminate contracts with expensive external debt collectors and redirect resources to internal fiscal stabilization.
- Formally register qualifying indigent households for national equitable share allocations to guarantee free basic service subsidies.
- Abolish fixed basic electricity charges to relieve impoverished ratepayers from unpayable non-consumption fees.
- Freeze double-digit tariff hikes to ensure municipal services remain affordable for vulnerable citizens.
AZANIA focuses on 'More Cops, Less Crime' by redirecting bloated administrative salaries into hiring and training more Metro Police officers for continuous 24/7 proactive patrols. They advocate establishing mobile police stations in high-crime hotspots, deploying Municipal Peace Officers, forming SAPS joint patrol MoUs, and creating dedicated municipal coast guards in coastal metros.
Key Proposals
- Train and deploy additional Metro Police officers for continuous, visible 24/7 proactive patrols.
- Establish temporary, highly visible mobile police stations within identified high-crime hotspots.
- Establish a dedicated Municipal Coast Guard division in coastal metros to intercept maritime drug smuggling and protect coastal borders.
- Deploy additional Municipal Law Enforcement Officers (Peace Officers) under Section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
- Formalize Intergovernmental Safety Partnerships (MoUs) with the South African Police Service (SAPS) for joint proactive patrols across local municipalities.
Under the banner of 'Medical Freedom & Safe Food', AZANIA guarantees fully informed medical consent across all municipal clinics, establishes support protocols for vaccine injuries, employs registered homeopaths alongside conventional doctors, and implements integrative preventative wellness training for municipal nurses. They also hire food safety inspectors and build public outdoor gyms.
Key Proposals
- Legally guarantee fully informed medical consent across all municipal clinics.
- Establish specialized clinical protocols to identify, support, and treat individuals suffering from vaccine injuries.
- Formally integrate holistic care into primary healthcare by employing registered homeopaths alongside conventional medical practitioners.
- Roll out continuous training programs for municipal nurses and healthcare staff focused on integrative wellness and preventative health.
- Hire and deploy rigorous food safety inspectors to enforce strict compliance standards across local markets, spazas, and food vendors.
- Construct and upgrade community sports facilities and accessible outdoor public gyms to combat lifestyle diseases.
AZANIA champions local job creation by directly hiring unemployed residents and youth for municipal infrastructure works (micro-grids, water systems, housing, peace officers). They mandate legal procurement quotas for local SMMEs, eliminate expensive consultants, centralize fragmented municipal entities (such as Johannesburg's 13 entities), and protect the cash economy.
Key Proposals
- Restructure municipal Supply Chain Management (SCM) policies to legally reserve procurement quotas for local SMMEs.
- Employ local unemployed youth and labor in micro-grid construction, water pipe maintenance, housing development, and municipal policing.
- Centralize fragmented municipal entities (such as City of Johannesburg's 13 entities) to cut bloated executive salaries and eliminate duplication.
- Redirect funds saved from cancelled consultancy contracts into local community wealth-building, essential services, and sustainable rate cuts.
- Enact bylaws requiring all local traders, markets, and businesses to accept cash payments, safeguarding township and informal economies.
AZANIA focuses on rapid municipal land release and rezoning of underutilized public parcels to build mass affordable housing and combat spatial inequality. They advocate for tiered municipal rates and property protections under Section 229 of the Constitution and the MPRA to prioritize local South African citizens and prevent foreign gentrification.
Key Proposals
- Fast-track municipal land release and rezoning of underutilized public land parcels for affordable housing development.
- Utilize Sections 3 and 15 of the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) and Constitution Section 229 to establish lower property rating tiers for citizens.
- Implement anti-displacement housing protections modeled after international examples (Canada, Singapore, New Zealand) to halt gentrification and non-resident displacement.
- Establish Inner-City Renewal Funds to reverse Apartheid-era spatial divides and neglected urban centres.
AZANIA emphasizes repairing municipal road infrastructure and safeguarding ratepayer mobility by directing capital budgets toward critical road repairs using ring-fenced grants. They prioritize in-sourcing municipal transport maintenance, deploying local labor, and eliminating overpricing in road tenders.
Key Proposals
- Redirect municipal capital budgets toward critical road repairs and infrastructure maintenance using ring-fenced infrastructure grants.
- Insource road maintenance and employ local unemployed labor for construction and upkeep.
- Protect ratepayer transit by eliminating tender inflation in municipal road works and infrastructure projects.
AZANIA advances a 'Peaceful Municipal Revolution' and a direct 'Reject the Police State' agenda grounded in constitutional rights (Sections 10, 12, 14). They advocate removing invasive surveillance cameras, banning mandatory digital IDs or biometric tracking, legally mandating cash acceptance to prevent a cashless society, and placing public utilities (water and electricity) in sovereign Public Trusts.
Key Proposals
- Reject smart-city mass surveillance by passing council resolutions to remove invasive cameras on municipal property and across municipal jurisdictions.
- Legally outlaw the rollout of mandatory digital IDs or biometric tracking within the municipality under Constitution Sections 10, 12, and 14.
- Enact municipal bylaws requiring all traders, markets, and businesses to accept cash as a valid payment method, strictly prohibiting any forced transition to a cashless economy.
- Establish sovereign Public Trusts for water and electricity distribution, guaranteeing they remain public goods free from private or state bureaucratic capture.
- Frame the 2026 local elections as a Peaceful Municipal Revolution and a strategic Protest Vote for systemic transformation.
AZANIA commits to overhauling water and sanitation infrastructure by deploying Tokyo Water Management Technology (acoustic leak detection and pressure control) to eliminate non-revenue water losses. They mandate non-chemical water purification excluding fluoride and synthetic additives, enforce verified meter readings to eliminate billing estimates, and place municipal water administration under a Public Trust.
Key Proposals
- Deploy advanced Tokyo Water Management Technology for precision acoustic leak detection and pressure control to eliminate non-revenue water losses.
- Mandate safe, non-chemical water purification methods that completely exclude fluoride and harsh synthetic additives.
- Legally mandate direct, verified meter readings and enforce strict regulatory penalties against defaulting service providers to end billing estimates.
- Place water administration within a Public Trust framework, safeguarding it as a public good free from private or bureaucratic capture.
- Employ local unemployed labor for construction, maintenance, and inspection of water and sanitation infrastructure.