ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus

24/05/2026

20/05/2026

ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus MPLs and Subcouncil 10 councillors are conducting an oversight visit in Khayelitsha, engaging on key challenges affecting healthcare services and human settlements delivery.

The visit focuses on clinic capacity, staffing shortages, housing delays, and infrastructure backlogs as part of efforts to strengthen accountability and improve service

13/05/2026

*Media Alert*

*13 May 2026*

ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus to Participate in Virtual Sitting and Debate on Democratic Accountability
The ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus invites members of the media to cover the upcoming Virtual Sitting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament scheduled for Thursday, 14 May 2026.

The Sitting will feature a debate on the following topic:
“The impact of narrow majoritarian decision-making on democratic accountability, public participation and legislative oversight in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature, particularly in relation to holding the Provincial Executive accountable on matters affecting the residents of the Western Cape.”

The debate will focus on the importance of inclusive democratic processes, effective oversight, and ensuring that the voices and concerns of residents across the Western Cape are adequately represented and addressed within the Provincial Legislature.

The Sitting will also include a Matter of Public Importance on the devastating floods currently affecting the Garden Route region and the severe impact these disasters continue to have on affected communities, infrastructure, livelihoods, and public services. The ANC Caucus will use the platform to call for urgent interventions, coordinated disaster relief efforts, and meaningful support for displaced and vulnerable residents.

*Sitting Details:*
*Date:* Thursday, 14 May 2026
*Time:* 14:15
*Platform:* Virtual Sitting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
*YouTube link:* https://www.youtube.com/live/giKiN260COs?si=bzNKaSCJKlefJpvE

Members of the media and the public are encouraged to follow the proceedings live.

*Issued by:*
ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus

*For Enquiries Contact:*
Mbali Somtsewu 063 847 9017

12/05/2026

Today, we honour the selfless dedication, compassion and resilience of nurses who continue to care for our communities with strength and humanity.

Your service saves lives, restores hope and keeps our healthcare system standing strong.

Happy International Nurses Day to all our frontline heroes.

12/05/2026

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER ALERT ⚠️

As heavy rains, flooding and strong winds continue across parts of the province, we urge all residents to remain vigilant and prioritise safety.

Stay indoors where possible, avoid flooded roads, secure your homes, and check on the elderly and vulnerable members of our communities.

Together, we can weather the storm and protect lives.

07/05/2026

Intervention by Hon. ZP Lekker in the Interpellation on the Decline in the Construction and Delivery of BNG Housing Units, 7 May 2026

Honourable Speaker,

A lie is often repeated by the DA in this House and in the City of Cape Town that this province has built more houses than any other province since 1994. That statement, in isolation, is true. But the DA must not claim easy victories. That achievement belongs to nobody else but the African National Congress. It is the ANC that prioritised housing delivery when it governed this province and ensured that our people accessed shelter with dignity.

When the ANC governed, year after year, without fail, we delivered over 25,000 housing opportunities. Under the DA, that number has declined drastically to well below those levels. This is not accidental. It is not just a capacity issue. It is a deliberate policy choice.

Equally concerning is the pace of delivery today. With a housing backlog sitting at 697,107 in the province, of which 440,012 is in the Cape Metro, the scale of this crisis is undeniable. Yet current delivery rates, just over 3,000 Breaking New Ground houses in the last financial year, mean that at this pace it will take generations to meet existing demand. This is not merely a policy failure; it is a moral one.

The slow pace of delivery, coupled with the failure to release well-located land, reflects a broader unwillingness to confront inequality. Instead, the DA advances a neoliberal agenda, handing over land to private developers while the working class is pushed to the margins.

The consequence is clear — fewer houses, longer waiting lists, and deepening inequality. If our people want houses, they must rise, organise, and vote this DA government out of power.

I thank you.

07/05/2026

Interpellation by Hon. B. Ngqentsu
Western Cape Provincial Parliament – 7 May 2026

Speaker,

It is quite interesting that a senior member of the DA in the calibre of Member van Minen could be preoccupied with whether the MEC has oversight over the SANDF, instead of confronting the real crisis facing our people. This question reflects an obsession with power, not a commitment to public safety.

The lack of commitment to the safety of our people does not surprise us because the privileged Member van Minen and her ilk do not relate with the crisis of violent crime given their location in the White rich suburbs of this province.

Speaker, the Constitution is clear oversight of the SANDF rests with the President as Commander-in-Chief, the Minister of Defence, and Parliament, full stop. The DA-led provincial government must know its lane and stop attempting to exploit a crisis of violent crime for political grandstanding.

The real issue facing the Black majority people of Khayelitsha, Mitchel plain, Manenberg is violent crime that continues to rise, even with the army on the ground. Therefore, a serious, accountable government would be asking how it is strengthening and complementing the joint efforts of the police and the SANDF, not posturing about authority it does not have.

For all to know, when President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed the army, the ANC supported that decision. We were not oblivion of the limitations of the deployment of the army-we understood it as a temporary intervention, not a solution. And the reality on the ground confirms the correctness of our analysis. People are still being shot. Communities are still living in fear.

Violent crime in Cape Town undermines the joint Police and Amry efforts because, crime in the Western Cape is embedded in the chronic crisis of underdevelopment- poverty, unemployment, inequality, and a lack of opportunity. Thus, crime has become an economy of survival. Soldiers cannot fix that.

So, the BIG question to the MEC:
1) Is what is your government doing about the root causes of crime?
1.1.). What are you doing to create jobs?
1.2.). What are doing invest in young people?
1.3.). What are you doing to support township economies? and
1.4.). What are you doing to build social infrastructure?
To the neoliberal DA, oversight is not about chasing soldiers, it is about delivering a coordinated, whole-of-government response that tackles the conditions producing crime in the first place.

Therefore, until you address those fundamentals, no deployment of Soldiers, LEAP Officers, no matter how visible, will bring lasting safety to our people.

I thank you.

07/05/2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/QTcW8AQezBk?si=BIXl707Ag-_hTKm3

29/04/2026

Debate

Chief Whip Ayanda Bans and Leader of the Opposition Khalid Sayed will be participating in a critical debate marking Freedom Day and Workers’ Day, reflecting on our journey and confronting today’s challenges.

Tune in tomorrow.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wpmq7b1F92M?si=1FsuXGZKFNqa1K1R