Watch — Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · Aug 20, 2026 · 116 words · By Ferial Haffajee; Lerato Mutsila

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What to know about Watch — Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing

The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities, ring-fence revenue for electricity and water, and to bring in the private sector to boost many service areas.

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What happened

The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities, ring-fence revenue for electricity and water, and to bring in the private sector to boost many service areas.

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This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.

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Claim 1: “The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities”

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One web search result mentions the DA launched a local election manifesto promising 'working municipalities', but none of the provided evidence explicitly confirms a specific promise to 'get rid of corruption'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a liberal political party in South Africa, sitting on the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum. It has been the second-largest party in the country since it…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998. It cu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Social Democratic Alliance (Icelandic: Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands, lit. 'The Alliance – Iceland's Equality Party') is a social democratic political party in Iceland. The party is posi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Alliance

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Claim 2: “This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom”

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A cross-reference from Daily Maverick explicitly states that the episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Desiderius Erasmus Foundation (German: Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung e.V.) is a German political party foundation associated with, but independent of, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) par…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (German: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.; Abbreviation: FES) is a German political party foundation associated with, but independent from, the Social Democratic Party of G…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (German: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit e.V.; Abbreviation: FNF) is a German foundation for liberal politics, associated with but independent …
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Claim 3: “The DA has promised to... bring in the private sector to boost many service areas”

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While evidence shows the DA focuses on service delivery and criticizes failures in municipalities, there is no specific mention in the provided evidence of a promise to 'bring in the private sector' to boost service areas.

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Claim 4: “the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism”

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Wikipedia confirms that the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is a German foundation for liberal politics. Additionally, a LinkedIn web result confirms it provides liberal political education and creates 'new momentum for liberalism'.

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Claim 5: “The DA has promised to... ring-fence revenue for electricity and water”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding password resets and travel centers, and general Wikipedia entries about the DA. No mention of ring-fencing revenue for electricity and water was found.

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