WHAT WE ARE
FIGHTING FOR

Proposed Municipal Infrastructure Insurance Shield

The campaign identifies power surges, blackouts and failures in municipal infrastructure as risks that can damage household appliances, small-business equipment and stock.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes investigating a Municipal Infrastructure Insurance Shield through which qualifying residents could submit documented evidence of infrastructure-related damage for assessment.

The campaign proposal envisages ring-fenced insurance mechanisms intended to provide compensation where municipal or utility negligence can be established.

Any such programme would require a lawful funding model, appropriate insurance arrangements and compliance with municipal-finance and liability legislation.

Safer Public and Commercial Spaces

The campaign identifies dark transport hubs, commercial environments, pedestrian routes and school corridors as areas where improved municipal safety measures are needed.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes stronger lighting programmes, including solar-powered lighting corridors around taxi ranks, transport hubs, pedestrian routes and school transit corridors.

The campaign also proposes linking municipal licensing and zoning decisions more closely to safety conditions surrounding licensed businesses and commercial sites.

Specific licensing sanctions, bylaws and enforcement mechanisms would require legal and municipal regulatory review before implementation.

Proposed Social Dignity Burial Support Programme

The campaign identifies funeral and burial costs as a serious financial burden for vulnerable households when an elderly, unemployed or indigent resident dies.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes investigating a Municipal Social Dignity Accord intended to help qualifying vulnerable households access a dignified basic burial without being forced into unaffordable debt.

The campaign framework refers to possible pooled-support and indemnity mechanisms as potential funding approaches.

Any funding model, eligibility criteria or municipal participation would require formal legal, financial and social-development assessment before implementation.

Transparent Billing & Affordability Protections

The campaign identifies estimated municipal bills, disputed charges and unexpected disconnections as recurring problems affecting residents.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes stronger verification procedures before disconnections, wider use of transparent digital metering and clearer mechanisms for resolving billing disputes.

The campaign also proposes investigating affordability protections, including a flat-rate electricity security mechanism for qualifying struggling households.

Tariffs, subsidies and disconnection policies would remain subject to applicable municipal-finance, electricity and regulatory requirements.

Simpler Local Trading Rules

The campaign identifies permit costs, regulatory complexity and inconsistent municipal enforcement as barriers affecting some informal traders and township micro-enterprises.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes a simple, minimal and transparent local permit structure intended to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens on compliant traders.

The campaign says its objective is to protect legitimate informal trading while allowing micro-enterprises to contribute to local employment and neighbourhood economic activity.

Community-Supported Infrastructure Protection

The campaign identifies theft, vandalism and sabotage of substations, water installations and other municipal infrastructure as significant threats to reliable service delivery.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes stronger cooperation between municipalities, law-enforcement agencies, Community Policing Forums and verified neighbourhood structures to improve the protection of municipal assets.

The campaign also proposes exploring lawful municipal support for trained community structures involved in infrastructure observation and protection.

Any guarding, enforcement, funding or policing role would have to operate within the Constitution, policing legislation and applicable municipal law.

Mandatory Regular Community Accountability Meetings

The campaign identifies poor accessibility and limited communication between some elected representatives and residents as a major local-government accountability problem.

IMSTAYING IMS proposes requiring its elected ward representatives to hold regular face-to-face public accountability meetings, with a target of at least one meeting every 30 days.

These meetings are intended to track outstanding faults, review local service-delivery performance and provide residents with direct access to their representatives.

The party also proposes internal accountability measures where its representatives repeatedly fail to meet stated accessibility or reporting requirements.

Any formal removal or replacement process would remain subject to applicable electoral, municipal and party rules.