The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is confident the community work it has already done is proof the party is ready to govern a local municipality.
In a statement, the party said it has donated food parcels in townships and villages throughout the country, especially during the Covid-19 lockdown period.
It has also helped communities in the Waterberg municipality gain access to clean potable water by drilling a borehole, it said.
“More than 100 big water tanks were given to each household of ward 25 Xolobeni Village in Bizana, Eastern Cape. And building a fully furnished house for a child-headed family in Matsulu township Nelspruit, Mpumalanga,'' read its statement.
While in Harding, KwaZulu-Natal, the party handed over a new home to a poor family after theirs had been burnt down.
ATM president and Member of Parliament Vuyo Zungula said during the party’s manifesto launch this weekend that as a party, ATM will make sure it fulfils its commitments.
“The ATM will serve each and every person, in municipalities run by the ATM. If a person wants a job they will not be asked where your membership card is.
’’We are going to serve each and every person, irrespective of their political affiliation, religion or status,” he said.
Zungula said South Africans must stop the vote-for-cash mentality as it is the main reason poverty is on the increase.
“Your vote is bought for a R50. Aafter being given that R50, the people who bought your vote do not feel accountable to you because they have already purchased you,” he said.
“As the ATM we are saying you who are living in a village, you as a person living in the township, you as a person living in every corner of our country deserve empowerment. You deserve to be treated with dignity and equally,” he said.
The party leader stressed to his supporters that the ATM was not formed to speak ill of other political parties, but rather an organisation that is caring and God-centred that will take care of each and every South African.
The Star