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 3
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Ntombozuko Faxa, MCF
Lorinda May, MIND
Xabiso Ngqawana, IND
RESPONSES NOT YET RECEIVED
Bangelizwe Boko, ANC
Godfrey Brockman, DA
Andile Hoyi, ANC
Cedric Visagie, PA
Nosikhumbuzo Zwane, EFF
WILL NOT BE RESPONDING
Deon Els, Vryheidsfront-Plus
NTOMBOZUKO FAXA, MCF
1. What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent?
Community priorities:
1. Construction of properly built houses.
2. Enabling job creation
3. Clean water every day
2. How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government?
Besides attending council meetings I would meet with other parts of council such as the Speaker. I will follow up with items raised in these meetings and make sure they are taken seriously.
3. How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years?
I am committed to my community, I run a regular soup kitchen and our family works with the local youth on soccer and netball teams. We have constructed our own soccer field in Mayfield. We would use these meeting places as well as holding ward committee meetings, for communication to and from council.
XABISO NGQAWANA IND
1. What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent?
1. (a) Old , decayed and absence of infastructure
(B) Problem of Many Informal Areas (Zolani , Phaphamani ,Mnandi, Phola Park and Sun City) with no services and causing a huge housing backlog.
(C) Unemployment ,drugs and substance abuse that is also the major cause of teenage pregnancy, school dropout and crime.
2. How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government?
Infastructure – Formalization of informal settlements so they can be formal townships. A transparent and realistic IDP process to be conducted so all the wishes and projects the people of the Ward wish to see in the ward to be reflected , I will push tirelessly for the council to make proposals and requests to other government departments for grants for projects such as sewer system installations , Electrification , tarring and housing in my ward , formalization is the starting point and a first step of the process.
Housing backlog – I will push for the formalization of informal area so people can be build houses where they are settled at the moment. Have a Committee that is gonna deal with selection of people who qualify for housing strictly using Criteria as set by the Human settlement which is
Elderly People
Disabled people
Child-headed families
And married people with children.
Unemployment ,Drugs and substance abuse – I will form partnership with Social Development , Community Committees, School , Churches and NGOs that deals with drugs and substance abuse so to formulate programmes that speak directly to the problem and have awareness outreach programmes throughout the ward.
I will approach private and government departments for skill development for the people of the Ward , also NGOs as I believe in most cases if you capacitate a person In terms of skills so she or he can be self employed and be an employer helping on the issue of Unemployment.. I will try forge partnership with local companies for projects that can be sustainable for people in my ward like cleaning and beautification of the Ward. Teenage pregnancy needs a collective strategy between all the stakeholders namely families, Councillors, Schools , Social Development ,DoE , Churches and elders of the Ward so we can get to the root cause.
3. How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years?
I have been working tirelessly and very hard for the ward for the past 21 years, working with different Councillors, I’m vested in experience in terms of problems of the Ward, I’m a soldier of service delivery and a Community Development Practitioner. I want to have a very transparent term of office if given the opportunity. I will have a Committee outside the Ward committee that will advise me on different issues that affect my Ward; I will have a Committee that will deal with issues of projects and employment so Selection and recruitment can be fair and benefits everyone; I will involve all Community members and Stakeholders in developmental decisions of the Ward and the direction we must go to better the lives of our people.
As the Independent Candidate I will be in the position to take a mandate directly from the Community to the Council without any political Party interferences, patronage and Party lines.
MY WARD 3 MANIFESTO
The ward is very vast, with different backgrounds and cultures. It’s one of the Ward with many Informal Settlements namely (Phaphamani , Zolani , Sun City , Phola park and Mnandi) there are many challenges that includes Substance abuse , Crime , High unemployment , Lack of Recreational facilities , No Community Hall in the Ward , illegal dumping sites , Vandalized sport fields , Housing , Huge potholes , teenage pregnancy and School dropout , lack of Skills and Community Development and many other challenges that need addressing.
Partnership with various Government departments is needed to address problems that are faced by the ward. A Ward Stakeholder Strategic forum ( Government departments , Churches , Schools , NGOs and other forums ) must be formed so to advice the Councillor on many different issues so to work together as the Community of Ward 3 in finding well researched solutions on issues facing our Ward.
1. Phaphamani
> Perking (Formalization)
> Housing backlog need addressing
> Decent Sewer system
> Unemployment (Sustainable projects and skills development)
> Fixing the sewer spills that are allover the area.
> GBV
> Drugs and high level of crime
2. Zolani
> Concluding of Formalizing of the area
> building of decent Toilets
> GBV and Crime
> Unemployment
> Skill Development
> Drugs and Substance abuse
> High Unemployment that needs addressing through partnerships with other departments , stakeholders and training institutions.
3. Sun City
> Formalization of the area so infastructure and decent house can be provided.
> Drug and Substance abuse
> Unemployment
> Infrastructure ( sewer and tar)
> Doing away with Bucket system
4. Phumlani
> Rehabilitation of old houses ( 2011 Council resolution)
> Fixing of the Community Park
> Drug and Substance abuse
> Unemployment
5. Ext 10
> Tarring of roads
> Title deeds
> Crime
> Unemployment
> Substance abuse
6. Mnandi
> Housing backlog
> Tarring of Small road
> Unemployment
7. Vergenoeg
> Problem of backyard dwellers
> Drug and Substance abuse
> Unemployment
> Skills development
> Status of those Pubic works houses
> Fixing the problem of sewer spill
> Fixing of Huge potholes
8. Phola Park
> Electrification
> Formalization of the area
> Crime
> Drugs and Substance abuse
> Unemployment
> Housing Issue
> Skill development
> Doing away with Bucket system and pit toilets.
9. Ghost Town
> Fixing of old houses (2011 resolution)
> Backyard dwellers
> Unemployment
> Drugs and Substance abuse
> Teenage pregnancy
> High dropout at school
> Potholes
10. Hooggenoeg
> Backyard dwellers
> Drug and Substance abuse
> Tarring of the middle streets
> Unemployment
> Teenage pregnancy
> High rate of dropout in school
> Skills development
>. Crime
Overall view of Ward 3
1. A community Hall is needed
2. Urgent intervention in fixing those dangerous potholes near Mary Waters and other areas
3. Street lights for the Mary Waters area
4. A Community Recreation place near Mary Waters need maintenance and beautification.
5. 2 sport fields in our Ward needs a serious maintenance
6. The Ward as the whole is dirty so a cleaning and sustainable strategy is needed , working with all the stakeholders to address this.
7. Doing away with Bucket system at Zolani ,Phaphamani , Sun City and Phola Park.
BANGELIZWE GEOFFREY BOKO, ANC
No response received yet
GODFREY BROCKMAN, DA
No response received yet
ZANEKHAYA/ ANDILE HOYI, ANC
No response received yet
CEDRIC VISAGIE, PA
Response not yet received
NOSIKHUMBUZO CAROL ZWANE, EFF
No response received yet
LORINDA LILLIAN MAY, MIND – Candidate has withdrawn for personal reasons
MIND has a general plan/manifesto for the whole of Makana and specific plans/manifestos for individual wards. Each of the individual ward plans/manifestos is consistent with MIND’s overall plan/manifesto. The issues affecting one ward are mostly the same issues affecting other wards but the biggest single problem of Makana is the dysfunctionality of the municipality in almost every aspect of its operations. That issue cuts across all wards and cannot be approached on a ward-by-ward basis hence MIND’s slogan: “Let’s fix Makana.”
DEON ELS, VFP
Deon Els said he would not be responding.
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