ANC in Mpumalanga

ANC members says they want accountability to ‘bring hope’ to communities. Image: Twitter

ANC promise to prioritise service delivery this year

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said that the party has decided to work closely with the Zulu Royal House in offering them support.

ANC in Mpumalanga

ANC members says they want accountability to ‘bring hope’ to communities. Image: Twitter

The African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula declared 2023 the year of decisive action to advance the people’s interests.

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ANC SUPPORTERS ADDRESSED IN MPUMALANGA

Mbalula was addressing ANC supporters at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale during the party’s 111th-anniversary celebration on Sunday.

He said they wanted service delivery to be prioritised this year, with “no lazy leaders”.

“It should be seen that the ANC is in power. The fighting should stop and we must work for the people. Also important in this year of deliverance is to fix the electricity crisis, because we can see we are being lied to even though we are in power.”

He said that the ANC has decided to declare Eskom a state of disaster to be able to focus on resolving the issue.

“One day load shedding is reduced to stage 2, later it gets pushed up to stage 6,” he said. “By that time we would’ve already promised people that everything will be sorted.”

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STATE OF DISASTER TO BE ANNOUNCED

President Cyril Ramaphosa will outline when the state of disaster will be announced this week when he delivers his State Of the Nation Address (SONA).

Mbalula said they will be looking closely at municipal executives to see that they are doing what they were elected for.

He said that the ANC will focus on ending unemployment and municipalities hiring unqualified officials.

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SERVICE DELIVERY A PRIORITY IN 2023

According to Mbalula people do not care about what happens at conferences; they care more about service delivery. He emphasised that people should not fight among each other, but rather work for the citizens.

Going forward, he said that their campaign will change this year and in the coming years as they won’t be asking voters what they want from the ANC.

Instead, they will be telling voters what the ANC has done and their plans to change lives.

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