ANC outlines strategy to strengthen failing municipalities [SOUND]

# The ANC says the government has, over the past six months since adopting the local government action plan, shifted from a reactive approach to targeted, evidence-based interventions at municipal level. Briefing the media, the party’s secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the focus is now on coordinated, evidence-based interventions rather than reactive responses. He added the plan combines political oversight and technical support across different levels of government to address service delivery challenges more effectively: