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Why AIM joined the GLU

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Abantu Integrity Movement (AIM) has joined the new government of local unity (GLU) in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Councillor Khusta Jack who previously served as Deputy Mayor, has taken up the position of Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Corporate Services.

Said Cllr Jack; “The advent of the Government of National Unity has ushered in a new era of hope for our country, hope that politicians who previously expended much of their energies on ideological differences will now focus their capabilities on delivering services to the people.

“Batho Pele, people first, which some previously regarded as merely a slogan has come to life and is now the underpinning philosophy under the GNU.

“It may be a small miracle for our country that parties which previously vowed they would never work together because of ideological differences are now pulling together under the leadership of President Ramaphosa.

“Working together does not mean they no longer have political differences. It merely means they have finally come around to the realisation that service delivery to the nation comes first, Batho Pele.

“It is a good day when that era of pulling together in the same direction has finally dawned in our metro as well.

“Local government has always been conducted on the basis of one coalition against another. The new era of the GLU means that instead of working against each other for political gain most parties in Nelson Mandela Bay will now be working together not only to stem the decline in service delivery but also to restore our metro to its status as a preferred business and leisure destination.

“As AIM we are pleased to have been tasked to lead the Corporate Services directorate.

“This is a division that is effectively the engine room of the municipality to ensure that all frontline service delivery directorates have the institutional support they require to implement their deliverables efficiently.”

Jack said AIM is committed to work with all the parties in the mayoral committee to bring to fruition Executive Mayor Babalwa Lobishe’s vision of enhanced service delivery.

“Our door stays open also to those parties on the Council which are not part of the GLU yet whenever they have new ideas to explore as to how we can make our metro a better place.

“Personally as the incoming MMC I am happy to assure residents and the business community that our priority as the new team is for the people of Nelson Mandela Bay to see a change for the better in the way we conduct business as a municipality.”

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