ABOUT YOUR X… #LGEMakana2021
SmilingSouth invited ward candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana Municipality to respond to three questions and provide their manifesto.
Parties/ entities, their abbreviations and links to their full manifestos (where applicable and available): African National Congress (ANC); African Transformation Movement (ATM); Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo); Democratic Alliance (DA); Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF); Independent (IND); Makana Citizens Front (MCF); Makana Independent New Deal (MIND); Patriotic Alliance (PA); Vryheidsfront-Plus (VFP).
The questions:
1. What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent?
2. How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government?
3. How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years?
Candidates who haven’t responded are listed at the end. The order for each ward is alphabetical, according to surname.
WARD 11
READ RESPONSES FROM
Thembela Gqasana, EFF
Thandisizwe Matebese, MCF
Pikisile Eric Zondani, AZAPO
RESPONSES NOT YET RECEIVED
Thandisizwe Dudu, DA
Vuyolwethu Pongolo, ATM
Mcebisi Nicholas Tonyela, IND
Sakhiwo Zono, ANC
WILL NOT BE RESPONDING
Deon Els, Vryheidsfront-Plus
THEMBELA GQASANA, EFF
The role of the Municipality is delivery of basic services such as rubbish collection, fixing inside and access roads, street lights, and enforcement of by-laws amongst others. But responding to your questions:
1. What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent?
a) Houses (at eThembeni, Khayelisha and 24 Sites),
b) Water Tanks (installation of Jojo Tanks through out the Ward), and
c) Jobs (employ Ward 11 contractors who will employ Ward 11 people to deliver the above mentioned projects).
2. How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government?
The second question will be addressed by utilizing infrastructural grants from both National i.e. MIG and others, and Provincial Budget for houses, sanitation and water, be specifically used for the purposes they’re are required for, instead of utilizing them for unbudgeted programs like overtime, salaries, and so forth. So as councillors, our role is not to interfere, but that of oversight, making sure we hold management accountable, and it’s our duty as well to be accountable to the people we represent as the public representatives.
3. How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years?
The stakeholders in this Ward will become part and parcel of decision making here at Ward 11. The role and duty of a councillor is to consult the people through public meetings and area meetings that should be convened by both the Ward Councillor and Ward Committees radularly. We have been convening community meetings before and throughout the campaign, and that should continue after the Elections.
Secondly, Ward Councillor should establish stakeholders forum i.e. (Business, Disabled people, unemployed people, youth, Land and agriculture, unemployed graduates, mining, anti-crime, sports and culture etc.) Where they meet and discuss their programs, this will assist the municipality to come with programs that talks to the needs of people on the ground.
Lastly, EFF Ward Councillors will be available to their community 24/7, and working with both Stakeholders Forum and Ward Committees, they should be able to know every challenge that the community is facing. And should therefore work with the community to resolve those challenges.
THANDISIZWE MATEBESE, MCF
MANIFESTO:
MANIFESTO Ward 11 IndivDownload
PIKISILE ERIC ZONDANI, AZAPO
To have safe and clean communities
• Municipality to provide clean water services including ways of water conservation strategies healthy environment, solid waste removal, sewerage leaks, tarring of roads and streets and general maintenance of existing resources.
• Provide sports and recreation facilities for our children – improve the existing sporting and recreation facilities through government support programmes and creating private and public partnership in providing sports and recreation facilities backlogs.
• Support small business and informal sector – provide business training and skills development in various business according to their needs and interests. To encourage them to start new business ventures where these are non-existent and encourage them to register their business / co-operatives.
THANDISIZWE DUDU, DA
Response not yet received.
VUYOLWETHU PONGOLO, ATM
Response not yet received.
MCEBISI NICHOLAS TONYELA, IND
Response not yet received
SAKHIWO ZONO, ANC
Response not yet received.
DEON ELS, VFP
Deon Els said he would not be responding.
SmilingSouth 
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