New Age2.png ANC targets 70% N. Cape win Councillors told to aim to control all municipalities Zandisile Luphahla, The New Age, Johannesburg, 17 September 2015 The ANC in the Northern Cape has set itself a target of 70% in next year's local government elections. Speaking to the more than 300 ANC councillors who attended the Northern Cape local government summit yesterday, the party's provincial secretary, Zamani Saul, said achieving 70 % meant that the party would be in charge of all the municipalities in the province. Among those attending the summit were Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Premier Sylvia Lucas and ANC provincial chairperson John Block. "We are left with less than 10 months before the local government elections. When we wake up after the day of elections we should be in charge of all the municipalities," Saul said. "This summit was called because this is a critical moment, the last lap before local government elections. We need you to bring all the energy to this cause." About 545 delegates from all the five regions in the province, including municipal managers, heads of ministries, members of the provincial legislature and key managers in the provincial government attended. Saul said the provincial executive committee had agreed on the tactics to be implemented to achieve the 70%. A high powered task team would be appointed to be the permanent alert for effective intervention as and when the need arose. The voter management system will also be enhanced on an ongoing basis so that all data obtained using the house sheets could be analysed to acquire accurate information, especially regarding service delivery and other related matters. "The street coordinator system will be effected to track all voters in these municipalities to ensure that all ANC supporters go to vote. The political leadership of the province will engage in meaningful and ongoing visibility campaigns in areas where we deem ourselves vulnerable. This will bring about a sense of belonging," Saul said. He said a vigorous campaign must be embarked upon to register new and unregistered voters. "Structured and well-coordinated house visits must be undertaken by the regional, provincial leadership and national deployees. Regional and branch offices must be well-resourced to enhanced coordination, communication, monitoring and reporting," he said. He said volunteers must be of the appropriate calibre and possess the necessary integrity and discipline. "Food must be provided timeously and the possibility of a reward option should be considered. "There must be a dedicated focus on youths as this surely would lend a great deal of vibrancy to our campaign," Saul said. <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: <http://tnaepaper.co.za/> http://tnaepaper.co.za/ -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
