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            <description><![CDATA[Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has laid out a stringent, merit-based vision for municipal governance, asserting that the country's collapsing municipalities can only be rescued by technical competence and strict accountability. Speaking with Polity about the party’s 2026 local election manifesto, Maimane argued that deep financial literacy and structural reform were the primary requirements for fixing local government. Drawing from his current role in chairing the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Appropriations, Maimane emphasised that understanding public finance was crucial to driving programmatic change. He criticised the track record of politicians currently managing local councils, stating that while they claimed to have experience, it was ultimately an “experience in failing citizens”.]]></description>
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            <title>‘Better to under-promise, over-deliver’ – ActionSA shifts strategy for local elections</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ActionSA will contest only 78 municipalities nationwide in the upcoming local government elections, marking a deliberate pivot toward tactical consolidation. Speaking exclusively with Polity, ActionSA national spokesperson Lerato Ngobeni stated that the party's new approach is driven by lessons learned from the 2024 national elections, where stretching resources across the entire country proved unsustainable. “We saw that in 2024 we really over-stretched ourselves,” Ngobeni said. “It's better to under-promise and over-deliver. That is the party's strategy.” The restricted focus was decided during a recent strategic session with provincial chairpersons. The party mapped out areas with solid local structures, active "boots on the ground", and enough capacity to deploy critical party agents to monitor voting and counting processes.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s major municipalities are facing severe financial pressure, driven by an inability to manage debt, crumbling infrastructure, and a crippling lack of long-term administrative planning. This is according to Independent Consultancy, the Paternoster Group’s City Risk Monitor, which recently assessed nine of South Africa’s ten major municipalities –including the eight metropolitan metros alongside Polokwane and Mbombela. Speaking to Polity.org, Paternoster Group founding partner Lawson Naidoo warned that structural and financial deficiencies are actively restricting economic growth and weakening investor confidence. The model evaluated four critical risk areas: financial sustainability; infrastructure and services; the development environment; and political/institutional risk. The findings show that the core infrastructure that residents and businesses depend on is failing.]]></description>
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            <title>Magazine round up | 16 October 2026</title>
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            <title>Judge us on what we have done, DA says as it eyes majority win in election </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The DA is feeling positive ahead of the November local government election, with national spokesperson Jan de Villiers urging voters to judge the party on its current achievements in the Western Cape and in State departments under the Government of National Unity. Speaking with Polity about the policies outlined in the party’s manifesto before South Africans head to the polls, De Villiers stressed the party slogan “Working for All”. “We are the only party that has shown that where we have governed, we get clean audits, where we govern, there are taps with water, electricity is working, we fix potholes, we put professionals into administration, and we get your towns and your cities working. We are the only party that has this track record and that has this depth of experience. So our manifesto is really all about that,” he said. “Our promises are based on evidence. Other parties tell you to give them a chance. We say, judge us according to what we have done and what we want to do in your town.”]]></description>
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            <title>Magazine round up | 09 October 2026</title>
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