Election day · Wednesday 4 November 2026

Make your vote an informed one

On 4 November you choose who runs Tshwane for the next five years.
A vote cast without knowing what a party has promised ties you to that party until the next election.

This page helps you choose with your eyes open.

Five reasons to vote

The council runs your daily lifeWater, electricity, roads, refuse and sewerage are all decided by the council you elect.
It sets what you payEvery year the council approves the budget and your rates and tariff increases.
You have two votesOne for your ward councillor and one for a party. Ward races can be decided by small margins.
Every seat counts in a coalitionTshwane has been governed by coalitions since 2016. A handful of seats can decide who governs.
Staying home is still a choiceIf you do not vote, others decide for you, and you live with their choice for five years.

TRACC does not tell you whom to vote for. It asks every party the same questions so you can decide for yourself.

2026 local government election

What the parties told TRACC

The major parties in the Tshwane council were each asked the same ten questions, on the same terms. Here is what each one said, side by side, with the signed record and the recording to back it up.

3 sessions held1 not held1 didn’t respond

The parties The ten questions Records and recordings

The parties at a glance

With limited time before the election, TRACC invited the major role-players: the parties holding the most seats in the Tshwane council. Each card uses the same four lines, taken from the record the party signed.

Signed by the party · 18 Oct

Freedom Front Plus

Session held 30 September 2026

Willie Spies, mayoral candidate, and Roché Grebe

Their manifesto on tariffs

“Tax and tariff hikes should not exceed the inflation rate.”

On the night

Tariffs: CPI cap as the norm
Maintenance: 8% within 3 to 4 years
Capital: 15% of the budget
Coalition deal: Published in full

Signed record and recording

Awaiting signature · due 2 Nov

Democratic Alliance

Session held 7 October 2026

Cilliers Brink, mayoral candidate & Anru Meyer, Ward 84 councillor.

Their manifesto on tariffs

“The DA further commits to ensuring that councils approve cost-reflective tariffs and structurally funded budgets to secure long-term infrastructure investment.”

On the night

Tariffs: No annual cap
Maintenance: Up each year towards 8%
Capital: R7 to R8 billion by 2031
Coalition deal: Published in full

Signed record and recording

Awaiting signature · due 2 Nov

ActionSA

Session held 15 October 2026

Cllr Henriette Fröhlich, PR councillor, with Petronella Rieger

Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya was invited and did not attend.

Their manifesto on tariffs

“We will limit annual municipal rates and tariff increases to no more than the prevailing rate of inflation, unless a higher increase is demonstrably necessary to protect essential services.”

On the night

Tariffs: No cap; City a price taker
Maintenance: No target given
Capital: 4.8%, then 5.86% projected
Coalition deal: Published in full

Signed record and recording

Swipe to see the other parties.

Session not heldAfrican National CongressThe session was arranged for two dates. The first date was moved at the party’s request, and the second, 2 November, was cancelled by the party due to illness.The party has indicated that it is willing to work with TRACC going forward.

Didn’t respondEconomic Freedom FightersInvited twiceNo response to the invitation was received.

Where a date is not confirmed, or a party does not attend, that is recorded here as a matter of fact and without comment.

The ten questions

Tap a question to see each party’s answer next to the others. Open “Full answer” for the wording in the signed record.

What you pay

ARates and tariffsIs an inflation cap a commitment for every year of the term, including in a coalition?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

Is an inflation cap a commitment for every year of the term, including in a coalition?
Will your councillors vote against a budget that breaches it?
If the City’s revenue cannot sustain services at CPI increases, what gives way first: the increase, the service, or the cost base?

Freedom Front Plus

CPI cap as the starting point for every decision; departure only in exceptional circumstances such as a disaster.

Full answer from the record

The CPI cap is adopted as the starting point for every decision to be made, applied as a norm and guideline according to the circumstances of Tshwane, and capable of departure in exceptional circumstances such as a disaster.

Democratic Alliance

No annual cap committed. Where revenue falls short, the cost base gives way first, not the tariff.

Full answer from the record

An annual cap on increases was not committed to, and this was recorded as a position: that Tshwane is taxed out, that the City is a price taker on water and electricity, and that the escalation of the property rate must be kept as low as possible, with savings to come from the cost of delivery rather than from tariffs.
Where revenue cannot sustain services, the cost base gives way first. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
If a budget before a coalition-led council did not accord with the party’s mandate, its councillors would vote against that budget and the party would probably leave the coalition.

ActionSA

No inflation cap, as the City is a price taker. Where revenue falls short, the cost base gives way first.

Full answer from the record

An inflation cap was not committed to, and the reason given is that the City is a price taker: electricity is set by NERSA and water by Rand Water, with only refuse removal genuinely within the City’s discretion.
The party recorded that it sets the electricity tariff below the NERSA-approved bulk increase and absorbs the difference.
Where revenue cannot sustain services, the cost base gives way first, through a leaner administration, consequence management, reduced contractor spending and the protection of services the City is legally bound to provide.
Question A-Q2. was withdrawn by the moderator once the party had established that an annual cap is not within the City’s control.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

What comes back to the Moot

BWard-based reinvestmentWhat portion of the rates collected in a ward should be reinvested in that ward, as a percentage, and how would it be shown in the budget?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What portion of the rates collected in a ward should be reinvested in that ward, as a percentage, and how would it be shown in the budget?
Would you support publishing, per ward, the rates collected and the capital and maintenance spent?
What would the Moot’s wards receive under this principle in your first budget?

Freedom Front Plus

Supports publishing ward figures, with a fixed percentage returned to the ward that raised it.

Full answer from the record

The party supports publishing, per ward, the rates collected and the capital and maintenance spent, with percentages stated and reported, and a fixed percentage returned to the ward that raised it.

Democratic Alliance

Committed to publishing ward figures. No percentage returned to wards.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to publishing, per ward, the rates collected and the capital and maintenance spent there. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
No percentage of a ward’s rates to be returned to that ward was committed to, and the reason given was that the major capital assets serve several wards at once. The commitment given instead was to fight for value for taxpayers’ money in the areas that pay.
For the Moot in a first budget, the priorities named were the Blesbok and Koedoespoort electricity installations, water pipes and reservoir defects, subject to the caveat that no figures can be given before the party has seen the City’s actual finances. Blesbok should not be taken over from the contractor until security is in place.

ActionSA

No percentage returned to wards. On ward figures, the party later corrected its answer: not possible under POPIA.

Full answer from the record

No percentage of a ward’s rates to be returned to that ward was committed to, and the party answered the principle in the negative: rates revenue is pooled citywide, and allocation is by region rather than by ward.
The party committed to publishing, per ward, the rates collected and the capital and maintenance spent, stating that the information is already public through quarterly finance committee reports and that it must be transparent. [Party correction, 26 October 2026: it would not be possible to publish rates collected by ward, because POPIA forbids access to personal information. See the party’s correction under B-Q2 above.]
The party undertook to send TRACC the links to the budget, the SDBIP, the Section 79 committee reports and the other documents it referred to during the session.
For the Moot in a first budget, no allocation was offered. The party’s advice is that residents motivate individually through the IDP process in March, by ward.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

DConditional grants and capitalWhat capital share of the budget would you target by the end of the term?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What capital share of the budget would you target by the end of the term?
Would your councillors vote against any capital budget that funds non-critical projects while the water, sewer and electricity backlog remains?
Would you support publishing every grant’s allocation, spend and underspend quarterly?

Freedom Front Plus

A capital budget of 15%. No support for non-critical projects while backlogs remain.

Full answer from the record

A capital investment budget of 15% is to be secured and achieved. Councillors will support critical infrastructure projects and will not support non-critical projects while the water, sewer and electricity backlogs remain.

Democratic Alliance

A capital budget of R7 billion to R8 billion by 2031. Grant spending published quarterly.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to a capital budget of R7 billion to R8 billion by 2031. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session. The figure was given in rand; no percentage share of the budget was given.
The party committed to publishing every grant’s allocation, spend and underspend quarterly, noting that this is already required by the Municipal Finance Management Act, and that data integrity will require investment in the City’s ICT systems. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
On voting against a capital budget that funds non-critical projects, the position recorded is that the focus will be on water, electricity and sewerage, that a municipality should not run airports or maintain power stations, and that projects already under construction will be completed. The party did not commit to a vote because the definition of non-critical is not settled.

ActionSA

Capital at 4.8% of the budget in 2026/27, projected 5.86% next year. No end-of-term figure.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to a capital share of 4.8% of the budget in 2026/27, rising to a projected 5.86% in the following year, as an incremental improvement from 4.5% in 2024/25. No end-of-term figure was given.
The party gave a firm commitment that its councillors would not vote for a capital budget funding non-critical projects while the water, sewer and electricity backlog remains, on the basis that nothing in the present capital budget is non-critical.
The party committed to quarterly publication of grant allocations, spend and underspend, stating that Section 79 reports, live council sittings and live MPAC meetings already provide this, and undertook to send TRACC the links.
Capital spending is to be concentrated on projects already at about 95% completion so that they are finished.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

Keeping the water and lights on

CMaintenance floorOver how many years would you move Tshwane from 2.1% to 8%, and what is the target for year one?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

Over how many years would you move Tshwane from 2.1% to 8%, and what is the target for year one?
Would you support ring-fencing the maintenance budget so that it cannot be diverted in-year?
Where does the money come from while the City cannot borrow?

Freedom Front Plus

Maintenance to reach the 8% norm within three to four years, raised year on year.

Full answer from the record

Maintenance spending is to move towards the 8% norm within three to four years, with a specific percentage earmarked for maintenance and the figure raised year on year.

Democratic Alliance

Maintenance to rise every year towards 8%, with no deadline. Ring-fencing committed.

Full answer from the record

No number of years was committed to for reaching 8%, and the benchmark was described as unrealistic from the outset in a bankrupt municipality, though a valid target to aim at.
For year one, the undertaking the party offered to be held to is the direction of travel: that the portion of the budget spent on repairs and maintenance increases gradually each year towards 8% of the value of property, plant and equipment, rather than moving away from it.
The party committed to ring-fencing the maintenance budget so that it cannot be diverted in-year, as part of a single point of management model with separate financial statements for water, electricity and waste. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
The funding route given is to leverage the City’s water, electricity and waste income streams together with its property portfolio and dormant assets, and to reduce water and electricity distribution losses by 5% to 7.5% a year over five years, through long-term private operating agreements of about 15 years.

ActionSA

No maintenance target or timeline given. Ring-fencing committed, and said to be under way.

Full answer from the record

No commitment to an increased maintenance budget was provided. No number of years was committed to for reaching 8%, and no year-one target was given. The party disputed the currency of the 2.1% figure and did not offer a current one.
The party committed to ring-fencing, on the basis that electricity and water revenue is already ring-fenced within business units under a National Treasury instruction, with waste and roads following from July 2026.
The route to raising maintenance spending is recorded as indirect: insourcing to cut contractor costs, filling artisan-level vacancies, cutting illegal connections to reduce bulk electricity costs, and paying down debt to reduce interest.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

EWater losses, electricity losses and billingWhat non-revenue-water and electricity-loss percentages would you set as end-of-term targets?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What non-revenue-water and electricity-loss percentages would you set as end-of-term targets?
By when would every functioning meter be read monthly?
What is your plan for the Moot’s ageing substations, which the City has not published a condition assessment of?

Freedom Front Plus

Non-revenue water brought towards 15% by the end of the term.

Full answer from the record

Non-revenue water is to be brought towards 15% by the end of the term, and the stated norms are to remain the key guiding targets for both non-revenue water and electricity losses.

Democratic Alliance

No percentage targets; significant progress over five years. A full audit of the City’s meters.

Full answer from the record

No end-of-term percentage target was given for either non-revenue water or electricity losses, by choice. The undertaking given instead is that significant progress towards the norms over five years is required, and that failure to reduce losses significantly would be an abysmal failure that would show in the City’s cash flow.
No date was given by which every functioning meter would be read monthly. The plan recorded instead is a full-scale audit of the City’s meters by the electricity operator, on the party’s view that defective metering and third-party metering companies [Party correction, 15 October 2026: and vendors] are a principal source of loss, together with action on dummy meters and fake vouchers.
The party committed to commissioning an independent engineering condition assessment of the City’s electricity infrastructure, covering the entire city and not only the Moot, within months of taking office, and to a dedicated tree-cutting and overhead-line programme.
Loss-reduction targets are to be written into performance-based contracts with private operators, once the condition assessment is complete.

ActionSA

No percentage targets. Reading every meter monthly is not achievable; about 90% today.

Full answer from the record

No end-of-term percentage target was given for either non-revenue water or electricity losses. The party was not certain whether it is working to percentages.
No date was given for every functioning meter to be read monthly, and the party stated that full monthly reading is not achievable. The position recorded is that the rate is currently about 90%, which the party regards as reasonable, improving as better meters are installed.
A condition assessment of the City’s substations was commissioned about a year ago under the electricity stabilisation plan, with prioritisation by the number of residents affected. The report did not reach council before the term ended. It is not clear whether the report was at least submitted to the City Manager.
The party committed to continued action on illegal connections, meter installation in unmetered communities, and pipe replacement where the need is motivated through the IDP.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

Who gets held to account

FGovernment debt and collectionWhat collection rate would you target and by when?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What collection rate would you target and by when?
What specifically would your councillors do about government departments in arrears, which the City has been unable to compel for years?
What is your position on councillors and officials who are themselves in arrears?

Freedom Front Plus

Disconnect non-paying government departments where safe; sale in execution of vacant properties.

Full answer from the record

Non-paying government departments are to be disconnected where this does not harm unintended recipients, combined with summons, judgment and sale in execution against vacant properties; the City’s own legal resources are to be used soundly; and a comprehensive debt collection strategy and system is to receive priority focused attention.

Democratic Alliance

95% collection within a year, as a position. Credit action against government departments, including disconnection.

Full answer from the record

A collection rate of 95% within one year was recorded as a position rather than a commitment, because it depends on reform of the City’s billing and credit control systems. The party’s stated test is that anything below 93% to 95% means something is very wrong.
On government departments in arrears, the party committed to credit action including disconnection, carried out responsibly so that schools, hospitals and vulnerable people are not harmed.
The party committed to pursuing hijacked and abandoned properties whose arrears exceed their value through summons, judgment and sale in execution, using an appointed law firm, as a debt collection avenue the City has not used.
On councillors and officials who are themselves in arrears, the party’s stated position is that they must pay or they must go.

ActionSA

No collection target given. Committed to pressing provincial and national departments for payment.

Full answer from the record

No collection rate target and no date were committed to. The party undertook to locate the target in the SDBIP and send it to TRACC.
The party committed to pressing provincial and national departments for payment, on the basis that the budget for those accounts exists, and cited recovery within twenty-four hours of the Executive Mayor doing so.
On councillors and officials in arrears, the position recorded is that they must arrange a payment plan through credit control on the same terms as any resident, and face penalties on default.
Measures recorded to improve collection: expanded payment channels including SMS and WhatsApp, mobile customer care, debt relief for indigent households and interest relief for businesses, and action against illegal connections and tampering.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

GFinancial accountability and MPACWhat three actions would your councillors take in the first 12 months to make oversight work, and how would residents see that they happened?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What three actions would your councillors take in the first 12 months to make oversight work, and how would residents see that they happened?
Would you support splitting the Utilities oversight portfolio into dedicated committees with independent technical support?
Would you support a published quarterly register of Auditor-General and MPAC findings showing who is responsible and whether the deadline was met?

Freedom Front Plus

Yes to all three: oversight actions, splitting the Utilities portfolio, and a published register of findings.

Full answer from the record

The party answered yes to all three questions: three actions on oversight in the first 12 months, splitting the Utilities oversight portfolio into dedicated committees with independent technical support, and a published quarterly register of Auditor-General and MPAC findings. Oversight chairmanships are to be filled by capable people, and voluntary committees of retired experts are to be promoted.

Democratic Alliance

Three oversight actions in 12 months, a rebuilt City website, and two separate utilities oversight portfolios.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to three actions on oversight in the first 12 months: appointing competent people to portfolio committees and matching their skill sets to those portfolios; requiring members of the mayoral committee to attend oversight committees; and adopting any outstanding National Treasury directives that council and MPAC must adopt to do their work.
The party committed to rebuilding the City’s website so that it meets the statutory minimum and reports and minutes are accessible under distinct headings, which is how residents will be able to see whether the three actions happened.
The party committed to seeking two separate oversight portfolios in place of the single Utilities portfolio, one for water and sanitation and one for energy and electricity, and to a separate portfolio and MMC for waste management, and to taking this into coalition negotiations.
The party committed to a published quarterly register of Auditor-General and MPAC findings showing who is responsible and whether the deadline was met. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
The party stated that its own councillors are held accountable through a line of control up to its executive, and that a DA councillor can face disciplinary action.

ActionSA

Three oversight actions. Did not support splitting the Utilities oversight portfolio.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to three actions on oversight: attendance at Section 79 oversight committee meetings; calling for and reading the reports specific to the portfolio; and communicating their contents back to the community.
The party recorded the SAP Ariba procurement portal, introduced in July 2026, as its principal procurement transparency measure, and investigation on the merits as its standing response to any allegation.
The party did not support splitting the Utilities oversight portfolio and offered the weekly service delivery war room and the CSIR online platform as its alternative.
On a quarterly register of Auditor-General and MPAC findings, the party supported publication but not the naming of individuals, on the grounds of protecting those investigating corruption. It recorded that MPAC meetings are live monthly and can be followed.
The party offered to share with TRACC the City’s presentation on the water tanker expenditure.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

HAccountable officersShort of prosecution, what would your councillors do when the City Manager or an MMC does not answer an oversight committee, does not implement a council resolution, or does not act on an audit finding?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

Short of prosecution, what would your councillors do when the City Manager or an MMC does not answer an oversight committee, does not implement a council resolution, or does not act on an audit finding?
What is the sequence, and who initiates it?

Freedom Front Plus

Councillors will apply the legal processes prescribed in legislation.

Full answer from the record

Councillors are to apply the legal processes prescribed in legislation, and will do what the law permits them to do.

Democratic Alliance

An annual performance agreement with the City Manager, and the COO cluster broken up.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to concluding a substantive annual performance agreement with the City Manager, containing governance outcomes as well as service delivery outcomes, supported by a system of delegations that devolves accountability through the administration.
The party committed to bringing a system of delegations and a recommended organisational model to council as among the first reports of a new administration, and to reviewing the management structure so that the Chief Operations Officer cluster is broken up into portfolios for which individuals can be held accountable.
On council resolutions, the party committed to making the secretary of the municipal council, who should be an official rather than a political appointee, responsible for communicating council resolutions to the City Manager and the responsible departments and for producing evidence that this was done.
On audit findings, the party committed to a register of findings and a monthly audit tracking committee at mayoral committee level, minuted and handed to the Auditor-General, and to disciplinary consequences, including dismissal, where a directorate head breaches the commitments in their performance agreement.

ActionSA

Acts against its own on the same terms as anyone else; audit and fraud hotline strengthened.

Full answer from the record

The party’s recorded standard is that it acts against its own on the same terms as anyone else, and it cited the termination of a mayoral committee member’s party membership within seven days of her being named in the Madlanga Commission.
The party recorded that the City’s group audit and risk department and its fraud hotline have been strengthened, with ongoing forensic investigations following from that, and offered to share a report listing implicated employees by rank and function.
On the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer, the party recorded that it brought recommendations to a special council meeting on both reports and that the vote went against those recommendations in the absence of the opposition.
No sequence and no initiating party were committed to. The position recorded is that the legislated process is followed and that it differs according to the position held.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

Working with residents

ICommunities delivering where the City cannotWhat would this look like in practice: a formal agreement with a resident association, a budget contribution, or something else?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

What would this look like in practice: a formal agreement with a resident association, a budget contribution, or something else?
Would you support a mechanism by which a community that maintains a City asset is credited for it?
Would your councillors meet TRACC twice a year, in public, to report on the commitments made tonight?

Freedom Front Plus

Partnerships with resident associations expanded; CUPS reformed; available to meet TRACC again.

Full answer from the record

Partnerships with resident associations are to be expanded and multiplied; the CUPS concept is to be reformed because it has become too onerous for communities; crediting a community that maintains a City asset is supported in principle, subject to careful negotiation; and the party remains available for further interaction with TRACC, with Willie Spies confirming that he will attend a meeting.

Democratic Alliance

Formal cooperation agreements with resident associations; councillors to meet TRACC twice a year.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to formal cooperation agreements with resident associations as the practical form of the Adopt-a-Public-Space programme, on the model of the agreements it concluded with AfriForum, whose purpose is to manage public liability risk, and stated that there is no reason the City cannot conclude such an agreement directly with Die Moot Projek.
The party committed to rolling out City Improvement Districts across the city as the longer-term model, formalising the existing Community Upliftment Precincts, which requires a new by-law and amendments to the outdoor advertising and informal trading by-laws.
On crediting a community that maintains a City asset, no cash credit was committed to, and the reason given was the City’s cash position of about 0.2 cash cost coverage. The commitment given instead is to fight for income-earning opportunities for City Improvement Districts.
The party committed to its councillors meeting TRACC twice a year, in public, to report on the commitments made at this session, on condition that TRACC remains non-political. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.

ActionSA

Councillors to meet TRACC twice a year, in public. No financial credit for community upkeep.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to its councillors meeting TRACC twice a year, in public, to report on the commitments recorded here, and stated it would be willing to meet more often than that.
The party does not support outsourcing City functions to residents and is insourcing instead. It will not obstruct communities that choose to act and accepts that residents work to a different timeline.
On crediting a community that maintains a City asset, no financial credit was committed to, on the stated ground that it would amount to privatising a public asset. Practical support through individually negotiated CUP arrangements, with the City supplying material or equipment, was left open.
The party recommended a precinct plan as the mechanism best suited to the Moot, on the Hatfield model, and recorded its view that the Adopt-a-Spot programme had become a route to effectively hijacking public land.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

JCoalitionsWould you commit to publishing the coalition agreement in full?

The questions, word for word, put to every party

Would you commit to publishing the coalition agreement in full?
Which of tonight’s commitments would you make non-negotiable in coalition talks?
If a coalition partner tabled a budget that breached your inflation cap or the maintenance floor, how would your councillors vote?

Freedom Front Plus

Coalition agreements published in full.

Full answer from the record

Coalition agreements are to be transparent and published in full, visible and reportable to communities, so that all parties remain accountable to their constituents for any deviation from the agreement.

Democratic Alliance

Coalition agreement published in full. The party’s core principles are non-negotiable.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to publishing any coalition agreement in full, as it did when last in government. This was confirmed as a commitment and read back at the close of the session.
None of the specific commitments given at this session were made non-negotiable in coalition talks. What was recorded as non-negotiable are the party’s four stated core principles: non-racialism, the rule of law, a free-market economy and a capable state. A fifth principle was referred to but not recalled, and the party undertook to come back to TRACC on it. This was read back at the close of the session.
If a coalition partner tabled a budget that breached the commitments given, the party’s councillors would vote against it, on the stated basis that no agreement on a budget means no coalition.

ActionSA

Coalition agreement published in full. None of the evening’s commitments made non-negotiable.

Full answer from the record

The party committed to publishing a coalition agreement in full, as it did in 2021, and recorded that the current coalition has no written agreement.
None of the evening’s commitments were made non-negotiable. The three standing non-negotiables recorded are: acting on corruption without fear or favour, including against a coalition partner; serving all communities equally; and the party’s stated position of putting South Africans first.
The party recorded that it will not rule out any party by name in coalition talks.
On a budget that breached a commitment, the party would expect to have raised it with the partner first and would need a serious breach of its principles before voting against. It recorded that it voted for unfunded budgets in the previous coalition despite objecting to them, in the interest of stable government.

ANC: session not held. EFF: did not respond to the invitation.

Records and recordings

The signed record is the official version. The full recording of each session is here so you can hear any answer for yourself.

Freedom Front Plus

30 September 2026Signed

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Democratic Alliance

7 October 2026Awaiting signature

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The party has been asked to sign this record. Its corrections appear in square brackets. A short remark has been removed from this recording at the speaker’s request. The written record does not include it either.

ActionSA

15 October 2026Awaiting signature

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Same questions for everyone

The ten questions are word for word the same for every party we invited. Only the manifesto quotation above them changes.

Approved by the party

Each party checks its record for accuracy and signs it before we publish. Corrections a party sent afterwards appear in square brackets.

No side taken

TRACC supports no party and does not score the answers. We record what was said and hold whoever governs to it.