Housing in Southern Africa February 2015

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G overnment’s Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) has scored theWestern Cape the highest of all the South Afri- can provinces on four key indicators: Strategic Management; Governance and accountability; Human resource and systems management; and Fi- nancial management. According to Phumzile Van Damme, the Democrat- ic Alliance National Spokesperson, the DA will continue to unite South Africans on the basis of good gover- nance and service delivery. Census 2011 shows that 99% of households in theWestern Cape have access to piped water, 93,4% have access to electricity and 90,5% have access to flush toilets. This is the high- est access in the country. Van Damme says, “President Jacob Zuma will recall that, by the time the ANC reached their final year in government in the Western Cape, not a single Department was able to achieve a clean audit. Under the DA, Best governed province

“Voters have endorsed this good governance by strengthening the DA’s electoral mandate in each election since we took office. We accept that these numbers sit uncomfortably with the ANC, including the fact that they are in a province where due diligence needs to be followed in securing a venue for their event.” She concludes, “This is a province where there are no favours and everyone has to do everything by the book.” ■

Western Cape government depart- ments and entities achieved 18 clean audits and five unqualified audits. This is a much better performance than any other province and it dem- onstrates that the DA is serious about clean and effective governance.” In total, 76%of the provincial bud- get is spent in poorer communities, with theWestern Cape also achieving the highest proportion of households receiving free basic services.

February 2015