The African Christian Democratic Party is a Christian-democratic party founded on Biblical principles, emphasising ethical leadership, family values, religious freedom and the sanctity of life. At local level it campaigns on clean, competent governance, merit-based administration and improved basic service delivery.
In the 2021 local elections the ACDP won 49 council seats across 38 municipalities, mostly in the Western Cape (12), Gauteng (10) and KwaZulu-Natal (8).
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Other recorded policies from African Christian Democratic Party
ACDP would prioritise older people, children and babies at municipal clinics, arrange transport for regular treatment, and negotiate licences for ambulances at hotspot clinics.
ACDP's conception-to-death stance backs community support for young expectant mothers and information on abortion risks and alternatives; this section details no specific abortion-law change.
Selected policies, not a full manifesto or ballot list. National policies are context, not powers a council can exercise on its own. Local plans can also need other agencies. Read dates and sources before deciding.
Appoint fit-for-purpose municipal managers and staff solely on merit
acdp.org.zaReliable, affordable energy: solar buy-back agreements and more renewable generation
acdp.org.zaImproved free basic services for needy households and persons with disabilities
acdp.org.zaStrengthen SAPS and Metro Police budgets and devolve policing to the lowest capable level
acdp.org.zaHold corruption accountable. Personal liability to refund the state
acdp.org.zaPrevent land invasions and enforce trading/licensing by-laws even-handedly
Top municipal jobs, like the city manager and the head of finance, should be filled by an independent panel. Political parties should have no say in who gets them.
"Appoint principled, skilled municipal managers, department heads and staff solely on merit."
The law should stop the municipality from raising rates and service charges (water, electricity, refuse) by more than inflation each year.
"Use approved tariff-increase benchmarks and oppose excessive above-inflation electricity increases; no statutory annual inflation ceiling is specified."
Note: Full 2026 manifesto and mini-manifesto reopened. September-focused searches and the party newsroom yielded no newer replacement programme or clearly relevant post-September-4 pledge. Launch coverage confirms August 16, Brentwood Park, Ekurhuleni, but did not disclose candidate names; none invented. Q8, Q10, Q12 and Q15 are partial/related positions, not verbatim endorsements of every condition in the questions. No policy found on universal prepaid meters, old household debt cancellation, hijacked-building conversion or nationality-exclusive spaza ownership.
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Start the quizPoor households should get more free water and electricity, even if better-off households pay more to cover it.
"Improve free basic services for needy households and qualifying disabled people; higher tariffs for better-off households are not expressly proposed."
The municipality should cut off water and electricity to anyone who does not pay their bill, including businesses and government departments.
Where the municipality is failing at electricity, water or rubbish removal, it should pay private companies to run those services.
"Use public-private partnerships and private expertise where necessary to repair water leaks, replace faulty meters and address illegal connections."
The municipality should cancel what poor households still owe on old water and electricity bills.
Every home should be put on prepaid electricity and water meters, including homes that now pay a monthly bill.
The municipality should buy electricity from private producers and from homes with solar panels, instead of only from Eskom.
"Buy back solar power and encourage municipalities to generate and purchase renewable electricity, with greater private grid access."
When the municipality hands out contracts, it should stop giving black-owned businesses preference and choose only on price and ability to do the job.
"Opposes race quotas in water-use applications; extending this to municipal procurement preferences is a limited inference."
Security guards, cleaners and other contract workers should become permanent municipal employees, even if that costs more than using private companies.
"Combines public capacity-building with private expertise where necessary; no clear commitment on permanently employing contracted cleaners or guards."
Before giving anyone a house, a trading permit or a business licence, the municipality should check that they are in the country legally.
"Enforce immigration laws and lawful deportations humanely; pre-service documentation checks are not expressly specified."
Only spaza shops and street traders with a licence should be allowed to trade. Those without one should be shut down.
"Enforce trading, zoning and licensing by-laws even-handedly while reducing unnecessary burdens on small businesses."
Only South African citizens and permanent residents should be allowed to own or run spaza shops and street stalls.
When people occupy land or buildings illegally, they should be removed straight away, even if they have nowhere else to go.
"Prevent invasions of public and private property; immediate removal of established occupants without alternative accommodation is not specified."
The municipality should take over hijacked and abandoned buildings in the city centre and turn them into affordable housing.
Metro police should get more officers and the power to investigate crimes, not only handle traffic and by-laws.
"Increase SAPS and metro-police operational resources and devolve policing according to local capacity."
The municipality should limit the hours taverns and bottle stores may sell alcohol, and close those next to schools and homes.
"Close illegal shebeens, strengthen community influence over liquor licences and penalise suppliers to illegal outlets; specific hours and school-distance rules are not stated."
Renaming streets and public places after people from all of South Africa's history should carry on, even when it costs money and some residents object.