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This week, the second Bana Pele Leadership Summit is taking place in Gauteng. Bana Pele means ‘children first’ in Sesotho. It is a campaign led by the Department of Basic Education to strengthen and transform the delivery of early learning in the .co/fML2ic89pn

On the sidelines of the President’s door-to-door campaign in Ward 2, Mangaung, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa engages with a group of Matriculants.

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[WATCH]: ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa on the ground for a door-to-door campaign engaging with the residents of Ward 2 in Manguang.

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[WATCH]: ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa on the ground for a door-to-door campaign engaging with the residents of Ward 2 in Manguang.

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A President for the people, by the people!

ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa in Ward 2, Mangaung engaging residents about the services that they are receiving and as well their concerns.

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A promise kept!

On the previous visit to the Mangaung Region, ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa expressed displeasure in the state of the region and promised that he would come back when services to the people are delivered. He is now back to hear from the residents whether proved.

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[WATCH] Community Meeting with ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa in Ward 51 Mangaung, Bloemfontein x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

[IN PICTURES] ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa concluded today’s Dr WB Rubusana campaign trail with a community meeting at Ward 30, Mdantsane in Ku Gompo, engaging residents on the ANC’s programme to improve local government and build better communities.

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Tomorrow, ANC President Cde Cyril Ramaphosa will take the ANC’s campaign to communities across the Dr WB Rubusana Region, Eastern Cape. He will engage residents door-to-door in Ward 11 and Ward 23, before a community meeting in Ward 14, listening to local priorities and building ices and stronger communities.

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ANC President Cde Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived for the ANC’s campaign trail to communities across the Dr WB Rubusana Region in the Eastern Cape. He will engage residents door-to-door in Ward 11 and Ward 23, before a community meeting in Ward 14.

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ANC President, Cde Cyril Ramaphosa is on the ground engaging residents through door-to-door engagements in Ward 11 outlining the six priorities of the ANC’s manifesto to tackle service delivery challenges faced by communities ahead of the upcoming Local Government Elections. ion, Ku Gompo City

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We thank Minister Hlabisa for his leadership of this reform process.
 
We thank the many institutions, researchers, practitioners and citizens whose contributions have brought us to this point.
 
We now have a shared policy direction.
 
We must now show the courage, determination and discipline to put it into practice.
 
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A capable state must deliver where people live, work and raise their children.
 
A developmental state must improve their quality of life.
 
A democratic state must earn and keep the trust of its people.
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The White Paper outlines a clear path towards a differentiated model that would link powers and functions to a municipality’s size, capability and performance.

It calls for constitutional and legislative amendments to be considered where necessary to implement this. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The White Paper sets out to tackle dysfunction by reforming the entire system, not merely by responding to its symptoms.

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Today, more than 90% of households have access to electricity.
 
More than 87% have access to piped water.
 
Between 2004 and 2025, the number of households with municipal piped water rose from 9.2 million to just under 16 million.
 
Two-thirds of households have access to flush toilets.
 
Through local government, the free basic services programme reaches millions of indigent households.
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This year we mark 30 years since our democratic Constitution was signed into law.
 
This reform goes to the very foundation of that constitutional order – the ability of the state to improve the quality of life of all citizens.
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This revised White Paper lays the foundation for far-reaching legislative, institutional and financial reform of the entire local government system.
 
This White Paper represents a fundamental reassessment of how local government is structured, financed, managed and held accountable.
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We must therefore acknowledge, without qualification, that too many of our municipalities are failing to meet the needs and expectations of the people they are meant to serve.

Too many communities have grown accustomed to services that are unreliable, infrastructure that is deteriorating and municipal administrations that are unresponsive.

This cannot continue.

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For millions of South Africans, the experience of government is not primarily shaped by what happens in Parliament, in provincial legislatures or in the offices of national departments.

It is shaped by what happens in their municipalities.

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