ActionSA welcomes the Public Protector’s damning findings that the City of Cape Town, under successive DA administrations, systematically failed to provide adequate service delivery to the residents of Langa and Khayelitsha and is guilty of maladministration.
From the failure to provide basic municipal services and housing to inadequate sanitation and collapsing sewerage infrastructure, the Public Protector has painted a damning picture of a city that has failed to fulfil even its most legal obligations, abandoning these communities through years of neglect.
The Public Protector’s report comes just days after the Constitutional Court delivered its own scathing judgment against the DA-led City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government for perpetuating apartheid spatial planning through their failure to provide affordable, well-located housing.
Together, these findings paint an unmistakable picture of a DA-led administration that has failed to dismantle the inequalities of the past and has instead actively worked to deepen them.
No government can claim success when entire communities are repeatedly denied the basic standard of service delivery that every resident deserves. A city cannot call itself “best run” while large sections of its population continue to experience second-class services.
These findings reinforce precisely why Service Delivery for All is the third critical pillar of ActionSA’s campaign for Cape Town. It reflects one of ActionSA’s founding principles: Social Justice. We believe every resident, regardless of race, income or postcode, is entitled to safe neighbourhoods, reliable municipal services and equal treatment from their local government.
The 2026 Local Government Elections present residents with a clear choice: another term of selective service delivery under the DA, or an ActionSA administration committed to Fighting Crime, Making Cape Town Affordable Again and ensuring Service Delivery For All.
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