The aim is not
to rule,
But to serve.
"Our focus is simple: Serve the people, protect the community, and revive our municipalities."
Our Platform
What We Stand For
Cheaper Electricity
Smart energy purchasing, rooftop solar, fight electricity theft. Lower bills for every household in Cape Town.
Housing & Rent
Affordable homes on well-located land. Rent stabilisation. No child should go hungry. No family without a home.
Green Cape Town
Renewable energy, electric mobility, sea water cooling for data centres, zero waste and biodiversity protection.
Section 152 & 153
Constitutional obligations, not suggestions. SDP will hold the City accountable to deliver what the Constitution demands.
2026 Platform
Our Policies
Eight pillars. Every one a constitutional obligation — not just a campaign promise.
Cheaper Electricity
Lower bills through smart purchasing. Rooftop solar on homes, schools and clinics. Fight theft and waste. Energy independence for Cape Town.
Housing & Rent Stabilisation
Affordable homes on well-located land. Speed up approvals. Promote long-term rent certainty. Protect tenants. Use brownfield land.
Green & Sustainable City
Renewable energy, electric mobility for public transport, sea water cooling for data centres, zero waste, protect biodiversity.
Small Business Champion
Reliable electricity, fair tenders for local businesses, affordable licences, skills development. When small business succeeds, SA succeeds.
Children & Families First
No hungry children. Expand school breakfast and lunch. Support single parents. Safe routes to schools. Libraries open after hours.
Section 152 & 153
These are constitutional obligations. SDP champions both sections and will hold the City accountable to deliver basic services to all residents.
Safer Communities
Strong SAPS partnerships. Better lighting. CCTV in hotspots. Safe streets around schools and parks. Peace of mind for every family.
Maintenance & Infrastructure
Fix leaks, potholes and broken lights faster. Hold contractors accountable for quality and time. A clean, well-maintained city for all.
2026 Campaign
Campaign Gallery
Our 2026 Local Government Election campaign materials for Cape Town.
A PR Councillor Will
Servant Leadership — Not Career Politics
Defend Sections 152 & 153
Hold the City to its constitutional obligations — not just promises. Evidence before ideology.
Fight for Cheaper Electricity
Lower bills, reliable power, rooftop solar in every community. Energy independence for Cape Town.
Champion Affordable Housing
Affordable homes, rent stabilisation, tenant protection. Strong families, strong communities.
Hold Officials Accountable
Monitor whether council decisions are actually implemented. Respected because of competence. Trusted because of integrity.
❓ How does the PR ballot work?
In Cape Town you receive two ballot papers. Ballot 1 is for your ward councillor. Ballot 2 is the PR ballot — this is where you vote for a party. Vote SDP on ballot 2 to help us win seats on the City Council and hold it accountable.
Who We Are
About SDP Cape Town
The Cape Town Branch of the Service Delivery Party — action over words since day one.
Our Mission
Hold local government accountable. Ensure every Capetonian receives clean water, safe housing, reliable electricity and quality education.
Our Values
Transparency, community participation and servant leadership. Politics is temporary. Service is permanent.
Cape Town Branch
Ward by ward, community by community. We engage with the IDP process and represent residents at every level of municipal government.
National Party
Proudly affiliated with the Service Delivery Party nationally. 20,500+ pioneers across South Africa driving real change.
Latest
News & Updates
What's happening in SDP Cape Town ahead of the 2026 elections.
Cape Town 2030 Book Available
Our IDP vision book co-authored with Imtiaz Cassim is now available. Essential reading for every Capetonian.
Taz Cassim Confirmed as PR Candidate
The SDP Cape Town branch has confirmed Taz Cassim as our candidate for PR Councillor in the 2026 local elections.
SDP Launches Affordable City Platform
Cheaper electricity, rent stabilisation, safer communities — our 2026 Cape Town platform is live.
Section 153 Is Not a Suggestion
SDP champions Sections 152 and 153 of the Constitution. The City must deliver — no excuses, no delays.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS · I AM VOTING SDP
S E R V I C E D E L I V E R Y P A R T Y
ELECTION
MANIFESTO
Cape Town Municipal Elections — 4 November 2026
#MustIsMust
“What we promise is what the Constitution has made compulsory. We don't deal with promises. We deal with a constitutional obligation.”
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Our Foundation
Our Name Is Our Manifesto
The Service Delivery Party is named after Sections 152 and 153 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa — the two clauses that define what a municipality exists to do.
Our name is not a slogan. It describes the job that every councillor and every municipality is constitutionally bound to do, a job most have not been doing for 25 years.
This is what makes our manifesto different from every other manifesto on the ballot. Other parties promise what they intend to do if elected. We are promising what the City of Cape Town is already legally obliged to do, whether we are elected or not.
To provide services to communities in a sustainable manner.
To structure planning and budgeting to prioritise the basic needs of the community and promote social and economic development.
What Makes Us Different
A Manifesto Unlike Any Other
No other party contesting this election has built its manifesto directly out of the justiciable, binding text of Sections 152 and 153. Other manifestos are collections of intentions that can be revised, softened or abandoned after the election without consequence.
Ours cannot be. Its content is not our invention. It is the Constitution's own instruction to municipal government. It remains binding on the City of Cape Town regardless of which party governs it.
“Judge us not against promises we are making up, but against a Constitution that neither we nor the City can rewrite.”
The Constitutional Basis
Sections 152 & 153
The Constitution uses the word “must”. These are binding constitutional duties — justiciable and measurable. A municipality can be shown, with evidence, to be meeting them or failing them.
Section 152
The Objects of Local Government
Section 153
The Duty to Prioritise
Every municipality must structure and manage its administration, budgeting and planning to give priority to the basic needs of the community and to promote its social and economic development — within its financial and administrative capacity.
Accountability
Autonomy for Public Representatives
Proportional representation councillors are elected to represent communities, yet in practice many serve without a formal job description, a defined portfolio or the independence to act on what their communities tell them. This is a structural gap that weakens accountability at exactly the point where it is meant to be strongest.
a. Published Portfolio Assignments
Formal job descriptions for every PR councillor, so residents know precisely what each representative is responsible for delivering.
b. Protected Independent Judgement
Protecting representatives from party or caucus pressure that would otherwise override the mandate given to them by their communities.
c. Evidence-Based Oversight
An in-council research and data capacity so councillors can hold the administration to account with evidence, not anecdote.
d. Regular Community Reporting
Direct reporting back to communities on service delivery performance in language and detail residents can actually use.
Governance Model
Shared Leadership
Cape Town's communities are diverse in language, history, belief, geography and need. A single voice cannot adequately represent that diversity.
For decades the Metro South East has remained neglected, without the infrastructure and investment its communities have desperately needed.
Decisions affecting Khayelitsha, Mitchell's Plain and the wider Cape Flats must be made with the direct participation of representatives from those communities — not delegated downward after the fact. Shared leadership is the practical mechanism by which Section 152's requirement of democratic, accountable government becomes real for every community.
Planning
The People's IDP
Every municipality is required to adopt an Integrated Development Plan — the single strategic document meant to guide all budgeting, planning and service delivery. Too often the IDP process consults communities without genuinely incorporating what they say.
We propose a People's IDP: an Integrated Development Plan built from the documented needs of every community in Cape Town, including those in the Metro South East that have historically been under-served by capital investment.
This is not a call for a new process invented by us. It is a call for the existing, legally required IDP process to finally do what Section 153 already demands of it. Read our book Cape Town 2030 — A Vision for the IDP for the full framework. Get the book →
The Big Picture
Economic Growth, Safety and Lower Costs — City Wide
Social and economic development, safety and affordability are not separate line items competing for budget. They are outcomes of the same underlying decision: whether the City plans and spends in a way that grows the whole metro economy or only parts of it.
Greater Safety
Communities with functioning economic opportunity see lower crime, better social services and more effective policing.
Reduced Costs
City-wide growth broadens the rates base, easing pressure to recover costs disproportionately from overburdened residents.
Genuine Opportunity
Growth distributed across all communities creates jobs and enterprise where they are needed most.
Spatial Justice
Ending Apartheid Spatial Planning
Cape Town's spatial form still reflects apartheid planning. Communities were pushed to the periphery, separated from economic opportunity by distance and inadequate transport.
An honest IDP cannot be neutral about this history. It must actively correct it. Key components of our spatial plan:
🛣 Spine Road Corridor
Corridor development to connect excluded communities to the economic core of the city.
💻 MST Park
A Mathematics, Science and Technology Park to build skills infrastructure in the Metro South East.
⚡ Dassie Network
The Dassie electric minibus taxi network — clean, affordable transport linking communities to opportunity.
We Are Not Asking You to Trust Our Intentions.
We are asking you to hold us — and the City — to a standard that exists in law and cannot be rewritten to suit anyone. Vote for us and you are voting for the enforcement of rights the Constitution has already made obligatory.
The aim is not to rule. The aim is to serve.
Get In Touch
Contact Us
Join the movement, volunteer, or get in touch with the SDP Cape Town branch.