The IFP and the DA have signed a ‘service delivery’ pact in KwaZulu-Natal.
The two parties announced the agreement at a press conference yesterday in Durban. In a joint statement, the DA and IFP said that the agreement had been six months in the making. It would see the two parties working together in hung municipalities where they had seats.
The statement said that some of the key objectives of the pact were:
- Ensuring that communities have access to basic service delivery;
- Relieving residents and businesses from crippling loadshedding by accessing affordable and sustainable electricity;
- Bringing in investment and jobs to the local economy and making it easier for businesses to trade;
- Supporting devolution of power within the constitutional and legislative framework;
- Eliminating corruption and patronage networks; and
- Promoting multilingualism and enhancing our heritage landscape.
The statement said that the agreement between the two parties would be published and made available to the public, in the ‘interests of transparency’.
The pact is the latest in a series of moves between the two parties which have seen them getting closer together, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal.