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Manifesto

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Alliance Lekgotla

PRINCIPLES OF BATHO PELE

Consultation

Interact with, listen to and learn from the people you serve. The only way we can find out what customers want, is by asking them. This can be done through surveys, suggestion boxes and by talking to- and listening to our customers.

Redress

When people do not get what they are entitled to from the Public Service, they have a right to redress. When this happens, and complaints are made, citizens should receive a sympathetic and positive response. This means that the public servant should apologise and then advise on a solution that will be offered regarding the problem.

Service Standards

Service Standards

The standards we set are the tools we use to measure our performance. It’s important to have set service standards that guide exactly what service is delivered and to what quality or standard.

Access

All citizens have the right to equal access to the services to which they are entitled. Public servants have a special role to play in making access ‘easy’, to make sure that those who need extra assistance get it. This especially applies to disabled people, illiterate people and indigents who may have difficulty accessing government services.

Courtesy

It is important for Public servants to remember that they are employed to help the people and to give them access to the services that are their rights. Public Servants should always be courteous and helpful.

Transparency

We should be open about our day to day activities, how much our departments receive, how that money is spent. This information should be available to the public. Annual reports, strategic plans, service commitment charters, etc. must be made available to the public.

Information

Citizens should be given full, accurate information about public services. So if a public servant does not have information, they should try to find out and help the person. Make sure all information is available on the website.

Value for Money

We need to make the best use of available resources. Avoid wastage of time, money, and other resources. It also means eliminating waste, fraud and corruption and finding new ways of improving services at little or no cost.

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OUR COMMITMENTS AND OBJECTIVES

  • Promote localism and local procurement.
  • Promote the recruitment of accomplished alumni to serve on as School Governing Bodies (SGBs).
  • Facilitate the establishment of 10 000 new youth owned enterprises in the next 5 years.
  • Facilitate the establishment of 1000 new youth owned cooperatives in the next 5 years.
  • Facilitate the establishment of 3000 charities and non-profits that focus of socio-economic issues.
  • Promote civic education by teaching citizens and communities about their rights and responsibilities.
  • Ensure that the municipality builds a minimum of 10 arts and culture youth centres every year to promote human development.
  • Facilitate the establishment of 25 thinks tank in the next 5 years that will serve as training grounds for young researchers, also conduct systemic research and collaborate with our communities and institutions of higher learning in order to help investors and policymakers understand the Vaal`s political, social and political topography.
  • Promote the resuscitation of the Vaal`s dying tourism industry and neglected cultural and historical heritage.
  • Promote the Vaal as a premier investment destination within the Gauteng City Region (GCR) that boasts a wealth of human capital and industrial infrastructure.
  • Systemically eradicate illegal dumping all over the Vaal.
  • Hold corporations accountable for water, land and air pollution across the Vaal.
  • Promote sustainable living spaces by ensuring that plants and trees are always available for citizens and communities that need them.
  • Promote food security by turning the cleaned dumping sites and other appropriate sites into urban farms.
  • Fight for the eradication of corruption and malfeasance by reducing the dominance of the ruling party in council.
  • Ensure that the municipality releases stand in appropriate sites for those who need them.
  • Demand accountability for current and historical inefficient management of bulk services, including electricity, water and sewage.
  • Promote job creation by ensuring that by-laws are business friendly.
  • Ensure that the municipality maintains and builds new recreational facilities and sportsgrounds to prevent youth idling and empower the next generation.
  • Ensure that current and historical corruption in the civil service is unearthed and harshly punished.
  • Ensure that communities have a voice in how they are governed by making councillors hold mandatory weekly 2 hour meetings with their constituencies.
  • Ensure that communities are safe for woman and children by empowering and promoting the work of community crime prevention organisations.
  • Ensure that the municipality is professionalised and cadre deployment is eradicated.
  • Ensure that all cadre deployees are fired and young qualified home-grown graduates replace them.
  • Promote transparency throughout civil service and council.
  • Ensure that municipality builds coding centres, technology parks, incubators and accelerators.
  • Eradicate the proliferation of drug dens and drug use in our communities.
  • Promote equal and fair opportunity when comes to municipal recruitment processes and policies.
  • Ensure that libraries are maintained, expanded and capacitated to deal with contemporary educational needs.

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