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ANC pledges to deal financial blow to municipal tenderpreneurs

Timeslive · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 878 words · By Thabo Mokone
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Story audio is generated using AI If the ANC has its way after the November 4 local government elections, most tenderprenuers at municipal level will be hit hard in the pocket.

Claims checked 11
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Topics 3

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What happened

Story audio is generated using AI If the ANC has its way after the November 4 local government elections, most tenderprenuers at municipal level will be hit hard in the pocket.

Why it matters

The party plans to directly hire workers to render services such as waste collection, security, cleaning, meter reading and water tankering, among others — after years of dithering on the issue while tenderpreneurs raked in millions, exploiting vulnerable…

Common ground

This is according to the ANC’s 2026 local government elections manifesto, titled “Masakhe: Let Us Build”, prepared ahead of what is expected to be the most fiercely contested local government elections since the dawn of democracy.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Black-and-White Fallacy, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-08-22-anc-pledges-to-deal-financial-bl…

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In the current financial year, Tshwane has set aside at least R36m to insource hundreds of security guards who had previously worked for tenderpreneurs.”
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While there is evidence of funding for employment opportunities (R76m) and discussions about insourcing cleaners, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming the R36m allocation specifically for security guards in the current financial year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kumba Iron Ore is an iron-ore mining company in South Africa. It is the fifth largest iron-ore producer in the world and the largest in Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Iron_Ore
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The N4 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Skilpadshek on the Botswana border, past Rustenburg, Pretoria, eMalahleni and Mbombela, to Komatipoort on the Mozambique border. The entire ro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Television in South Africa was introduced in 1976. The country is notable for its late adoption of widespread television broadcasting. Although closed-circuit experiments took place in exhibits in 192…
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Claim 2: “this approach is currently being championed by a coalition government comprising the ANC, EFF, ActionSA and Freedom Front Plus, among other political parties.”
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Web search results explicitly state that the insourcing approach in Tshwane is being championed by a coalition government comprising the ANC, EFF, ActionSA, and Freedom Front Plus.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ActionSA is a political party in South Africa established in 2020 by Herman Mashaba, a former mayor of Johannesburg, shortly after he left the Democratic Alliance (DA). The party states that its purpo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a communist and black nationalist political party in South Africa. It was founded by far-left activist Julius Malema and his allies on 26 July 2013. Malema is pr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a South African politician and activist who is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a far-left communist and black nationalist poli…
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Claim 3: “The ANC’s 2026 local government elections manifesto is titled “Masakhe: Let Us Build”.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the ANC's 2026 local government elections manifesto is titled 'Masakhe: Let Us Build'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Josef Feinstein ( FINE-steen; born 16 March 1964) is a South African former politician, economic advisor and investment banker, now activist, political consultant, filmmaker, campaigner and au…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samson Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. He has been responsible f…
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Claim 4: “the ANC cites research carried out by the City of Tshwane when it insourced 409 cleaners. The study found that making this move would cost the municipality R9m instead of R3.7m a month”
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Web search results confirm a City of Tshwane report stated that insourcing 409 cleaners would cost R9 million per month compared to the current R3.7 million.
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web search NEUTRAL — The City of Tshwane spends R3,7 million monthly to pay its cleaning staff. A report tabled to the council says it would cost R9 million rand a month if all the 409 cleaners were made permanent staff.
https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/06/28/tshwane-will-pay-r5m-more-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.
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web search NEUTRAL — ActionSA is thrilled by the City of Tshwane’s council decision to adopt the outcomes of the feasibility study on the insourcing of security guards and cleaners. This move represents a significant step…
https://www.actionsa.org.za/actionsa-welcomes-adoption-of-th…
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Claim 5: “The ANC’s electoral pledge is set to be unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa at a rally in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, today.”
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Multiple sources confirm that President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the manifesto at a rally in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a South African politician who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training and Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Z…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ] ; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu: iGoli [îˈɡóːli]), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "the City of Gold", is the capita…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African politician and anti-aparthei…
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Claim 6: “The ANC plans to directly hire workers to render services such as waste collection, security, cleaning, meter reading and water tankering.”
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Three separate web search results confirm the ANC's plan to insource services including waste collection, security, cleaning, meter reading, and water tankering.
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web search NEUTRAL — The party plans to directly hire workers to render services such as waste collection, security, cleaning, meter reading and water tankering — after years of dithering on the issue while tenderpreneurs…
https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-08-23-elections-2026…
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web search NEUTRAL — Waste collection, security, cleaning, meter reading, water tankering: each is a core municipal function that returns to municipal employment. The financial logic is clear.
https://www.thepeoplesregister.co.za/articles/anc-ethical-go…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANC’s plan is to bring outsourced services such as cleaning, security, waste collection, meter reading, and water tankers back into the staff structure.
https://newsday.co.za/south-africa/27274/anc-insourcing-incr…
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Claim 7: “The ANC also wants municipal mayors to be publicly held accountable for poor performance and for them and other senior officials to face regular lifestyle audits.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding lifestyle audits and public accountability for mayors.
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Claim 8: “A municipality may not issue or withdraw a liquor licence — that is a provincial competence.”
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Claim 9: “the ANC wants municipalities to use their powers to make bylaws to limit liquor trading days and hours.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding bylaws to limit liquor trading days and hours.
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Claim 10: “the ANC says where it governs after the November 4 elections, it will within 100 days review all outsourced services and rebuild municipal engineering, technical and related capacity.”
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The claim regarding the 100-day review of outsourced services after November 4 elections appears in one specific report regarding the manifesto launch, but is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANC’s electoral pledge is set to be unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa at a rally in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, today. In the manifesto, the party concedes that “tendering services such …
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-08-22-anc-pledges-…
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web search NEUTRAL — African national congress statement following the electoral court judgment.The African National congress is encouraging all South African citizens aged 18 and over to register to vote for the upcoming…
https://www.anc1912.org.za/
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web search NEUTRAL — Last week the ANC missed the IEC deadline. This week its own members in the Eastern Cape took the party to court to scrap the entire provincial list. If they win, the ANC contests nothing in their str…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLydUHFyOoc
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Claim 11: “The country’s biggest party also says it has identified “six action areas of decisive change” it will focus on between 2026 and 2031.”
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The mention of 'six action areas of decisive change' for 2026-2031 is found in one source, but not corroborated by other independent reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — If the ANC has its way after the November 4 local government elections, most tenderprenuers at municipal level will be hit hard in the pocket.The country’s biggest party also says it has identified “s…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-08-22-anc-pledges-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The African National congress is encouraging all South African citizens aged 18 and over to register to vote for the upcoming 2026 Local Government Election.2026: The Year of Decisive Action to fix Lo…
https://www.anc1912.org.za/
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web search NEUTRAL — The African National Congress (ANC) says it will oppose the Democratic Alliance's legal application to intervene in its Electoral Court battle against the Independent Electoral Commission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiMKMeGtq9I
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