President of the African Independent Congress Mandla Galo says if his party is voted into municipal councils after the November 1 elections it will fight corruption, nepotism, cadre deployment and ensure that only qualified people get jobs including those dealing with the delivery of basic services.
He was addressing AIC supporters during the party’s election manifesto launch in Noordgesig near Soweto.
Galo says they aim to double the number of the seats they got in the 2016 municipal elections.
The AIC is in a coalition government with the ANC in a number of municipalities.
Galo says this time around they want to ensure that whatever coalition they enter into benefits the people the most.
“We need to have clear guidelines as to how are we going to work in this kind of a coalition. It must not be a coalition where for instance, because the ANC is in the majority then they will do whatever they want undermining smaller parties. We don’t want that kind of coalition. So we are going to ensure that the coalition we are entering into, it will give fruits that are wanted by the people.”
AIC launches its manifesto in Soweto:
