ANC unveils action plan to strengthen campaign for local government elections

AHEAD of a roll call of over 6 000 ANC councillors and mayors set to gather in Johannesburg on Monday, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the party's Action Plan to make local government work better for the people.

- SIYABONGA SITHOLE

This comes as the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) met over two days in Boksburg to assess the state of local government, with a key focus of the gathering being to find solutions to widespread service delivery failures in municipalities across the country.

On Saturday, Ramaphosa urged municipalities to take decisive action against corruption, adding that even though corruption is most prevalent within municipalities, there is often a lack of political will to hold officials accountable for maladministration.

According to the president, the meeting will culminate in a roll call meeting of the parties' over 6 000 councilors and mayors at the FNB stadium, who are set to account to the ANC NEC on the work they have done since taking office after the 2021 local polls.