DA launches fight against ANC’s plan to capture gated communities
10 August 2023
The DA is set to expand our battle against ANC corruption following the announcement last week that the government has identified gated communities as its next target for looting and political capture. Speaking at the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) Indaba in Johannesburg last week, Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, announced that the ANC is planning to force gated communities to procure services, such as security and gardening, from BEE companies connected to ANC cadres.
BEE corruption that forces private entities to hand over shares and tenders to companies connected to the ANC elite has already contributed to widespread economic and service delivery collapse in South Africa. Alongside cadre deployment, BEE corruption is the ANC’s preferred vehicle to capture institutions. It has now set its sights on capturing gated communities.
As Kubayi pointed out during her announcement, 27% of the total value of residential property in this country is located inside organised communities, accounting for over R800 billion in asset value. What she fails to admit is that gated estates are so popular precisely because they offer residents a way to use their own resources to build safe and liveable communities outside of the ambit of ANC corruption and destruction.
However, under the new scheme proposed by Kubayi, the ANC intends to make it “mandatory” for homeowners in gated communities to spend their hard-earned levies and other resources on companies connected to ANC cadres.