OPINIONISTA: What really went wrong in the City of Cape Town By Patricia De Lille
We had to move fast to develop a new party with new policies to contest national and provincial elections in record time. I believe our election manifesto reflects our non-racialism, modernity, political maturity, and the fact that we are not planning to hide from the most difficult issues.
Take our approach to mushrooming informal settlements due to rapid urbanisation, for example. The hidden truth of informal settlements is that more and more residents don’t qualify to receive free housing for the state. This was among the issues that held up the development of the N2 Gateway project in Langa, which was significantly delayed by people who knew that if they moved off the land they were occupying to faraway Delft they would not return to the new homes being built in the area.
GOOD says we recognise this significant issue. We will ensure that municipalities deliver services and the state delivers title deeds for the land for those who are living in informal settlements so that its worthwhile for people presently living in shacks to invest in developing dignified homes. These are not thumb-suck ideas or empty election promisesAnother GOOD policy is its position on spatial planning.
After the elections, GOOD will use the votes entrusted in it to put a handbrake on government corruption and mediocrity while building its structures to take over the government of municipalities in 2021.
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