Speaker, the Baviaans Municipality in the Eastern Cape won two awards from the national Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, including for the best local service delivery. Baviaans is the only DA-run municipality in the province. The award provides further proof that where we govern, we deliver better services for all. [Interjections.]
Baviaans also won an award for revenue collection, a key component of service delivery. Like Midvaal in Gauteng, Baviaans is an example of how the DA works better for more people. Both are single DA-controlled municipalities in provinces dominated by the ANC and both have won accolades for service delivery from the national and provincial departments of government.
In Gauteng, Midvaal was recognised as the best performing municipality last year. With regard to service delivery in the Eastern Cape, the national department has come to the same conclusion about Baviaans.
In a country where millions still do not have access to basic sanitation and where the despicably undignified bucket system remains prevalent in ANC- run rural areas, it is significant to note that the DA-run Baviaans Municipality has completely eliminated the bucket system.
The DA will therefore show South Africans that where it governs life is better for all people; service delivery works; government is efficient; opportunities are created; and prosperity and growth are generated. [Interjections.] We believe that our track record in Cape Town and those other municipalities demonstrates this. [Time expired.] [Applause.]