ANC pledges ‘strict financial discipline’ strategy ahead of local elections

Polity Audio Articles · Jul 28, 2026 · 3m

ANC pledges 'strict financial discipline' strategy ahead of local elections The ANC is rolling out a targeted local government intervention programme to address systemic failures in water, electricity, refuse, and roads, through a dual strategy of enforcing strict financial discipline while actively rescuing collapsing municipalities ahead of the local government elections. Speaking at Luthuli House, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said the ANC is leveraging constitutional mechanisms to intervene directly where local councils have faltered. He emphasised that public funds must be…