A faith-based 'Social Democratic Peace Party' (founded 2018) anchoring governance in 'divine values' of fairness and accountability. It emphasises moral governance, social justice, universal services (NHI), timely social grants and economic transformation for disadvantaged communities.
In the 2021 local elections the ATM won 49 council seats across 35 municipalities, mostly in the Eastern Cape (30), Mpumalanga (7) and the Free State (5).
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Other recorded policies from African Transformation Movement
Supports National Health Insurance; new medical scheme category for poorer people.
Implementing National Health Insurance
A shared direction does not mean identical plans, funding or conditions.Grants paid promptly; social wage tracking cost-of-living increases.
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.
Reduce crime and violence through effective policing, community involvement and tackling root causes
atm-sa.co.zaFree, compulsory, quality education without discrimination
atm-sa.co.zaUniversal healthcare via the NHI, with mobile clinics for underserved areas
atm-sa.co.zaAdequate housing plus reliable clean water, sanitation and electricity
atm-sa.co.zaSocial grants indexed to inflation and the cost of living
atm-sa.co.zaTop 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.
The law should stop the municipality from raising rates and service charges (water, electricity, refuse) by more than inflation each year.
Poor households should get more free water and electricity, even if better-off households pay more to cover it.
The municipality should cut off water and electricity to anyone who does not pay their bill, including businesses and government departments.
Note: September 14 Gauteng mayoral slate verified through eNCA and September 16 Soweto Urban coverage; 11 names reproduced as published, including spellings that warrant checking against the final IEC candidate list. Caesar Nongqunga remains party president; Vuyolwethu Zungula is parliamentary leader and Johannesburg candidate, resolving the earlier apparent leadership contradiction. The manifesto webpage remains generic and undated; no newer detailed LGE document was located. Q8 is a low-confidence inference from explicit support for investment in black-owned businesses, not a procurement rule. Q10 reduced because general deportation advocacy does not establish mandatory pre-service checks. National renaming advocacy was found but not treated as a municipal street-renaming pledge.
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Answer the same statements and see your match with ATM, and with every other party.
Start the quizWhere the municipality is failing at electricity, water or rubbish removal, it should pay private companies to run those services.
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.
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.
"Zungula calls for investment in black-owned businesses; support for retaining race-based municipal procurement preference is an inference."
Security guards, cleaners and other contract workers should become permanent municipal employees, even if that costs more than using private companies.
Before giving anyone a house, a trading permit or a business licence, the municipality should check that they are in the country legally.
"Zungula supports immigration enforcement and lawful departure of undocumented migrants; mandatory municipal pre-service status checks are not expressly stated."
Only spaza shops and street traders with a licence should be allowed to trade. Those without one should be shut down.
"ATM demands full enforcement of business licensing and food-safety rules against illegal and non-compliant operators, without selective compliance."
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.
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.
The municipality should limit the hours taverns and bottle stores may sell alcohol, and close those next to schools and homes.
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.