DA Open to Working With ANC To Improve Its Service Delivery, SA Discusses

• The Democratic Alliance said that it was open to joining forces with the African National Congress for the sake of communities
• ANCX president Cyril Ramaphosa recently admitted that the DA had a better track record with service delivery
• The DA spokesperson Willie Aucamp said the party would answer the call to improve South Africans' lives, and South Africans debated the party's intent

Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of Current Affairs, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, cabinet reshuffles, the State of the Nation Address, parliamentary proceedings, and politician-related news, as well as elections, at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

WESTERN CAPE — The Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson Willie Aucamp said that the party was prepared to work with the African National Congress (ANC) in improving its service delivery.

According to TimesLIVE, Aucamp spoke in an interview with SABC News. This was after President Cyril Ramaphosa recently said that the DA has areas of service delivery that the ANC could learn from. Ramaphosa said that ANC councillors should not be afraid of learning from how DA-run municipalities are doing things differently.

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DA willing to work with ANC

Aucamp said that the DA is here to serve South Africa. He added that if the party can make any meaningful contribution where the ANC governs, it will not hesitate. Aucamp remarked that the party would join forces with anyone willing to improve service delivery in the country.

Aucamp compares municipalities

Auamp also made a comparison between the Midvaal and Emfuleni municipalities, two municipalities that are located in Sedibeng next to each other. He said that the Midvaal municipality shows the DA's political will to provide service delivery. This is in stark comparison to the Emfuleni Municipality, which is regarded as one of the worst municipalities in the country.

Ramaphosa explains his statements

Ramaphosa recently clarified his statements in which he praised the Democratic Alliance. Ramaphosa said that even though he praised the DA municipalities for clean audits, this did not translate to service delivery. He said that the DA does not meet the mark from a transformation point of view.

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What did South Africans say?

Netizens shared their views on Facebook.

Siyolo Vesi said:

"Yerr, the Da will rub it in now to the annoyance of cadres."

Gift Nkoana said:

"DA!!! President Cyril Ramaphosa was joking. Why do you take jokes so seriously?"

Xoliswa Mabizela said:

"Let the DA give the same attention to townships in Cape Town."

Paul Jabu Radebe Mokubela said:

"That's good to hear if it's true. Work together for the benefit of the people who voted for you all."

Selby Zuma said:

"Well, the Democratic Alliance and ANC are already in the coalition government. probably the time has come for them to come out in the open about their identity and contest elections together."

ANCYL wants ANC to act on underperforming members

In a related article, Briefly News reported that the ANC Youth League said that no ANC-run municipality should be outperformed by the DA-led municipalities. The Youth League's president, Collen Malatji, spoke during a media briefing on 19 September.

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Malatji said that the Youth League would push the ANC to act against underperforming mayors and councillors. He also called for the removal of DA ministers who do not toe the president's line.

Source: Briefly News