ACDP's Adams backs ring-fencing Joburg water and power revenue
The African Christian Democratic Party's Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Bishop Dulton Adams, said billing problems make ring-fencing hard. He also said some private companies should help with water and electricity without full privatisation.
Adams spoke in an interview on 702 with presenter John Perlman on Monday. He said Joburg Water and Rand Water cannot cope. He called the money the two entities owe each other a major challenge for residents.
Adams said the city billing system is not right, so the revenue collected might not always be correct. He said this makes ring-fencing hard for water, electricity and refuse. He said the party still agrees it must be done.
Adams said the city has been run from the top down rather than from the bottom up. He said the pyramid needs to be flipped.
Perlman said the party manifesto alludes to solutions, but financing options are not fully worked out. Adams replied: "A lot of work has still to be done."
Key facts
- Who
- Dulton Adams (Bishop, ACDP mayoral candidate for Johannesburg); John Perlman (702 presenter who interviewed Adams)
- What
- In a 702 interview, Bishop Dulton Adams, the African Christian Democratic Party's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, was questioned on how the party would fix the city. He said the party agrees revenue from water and electricity should be ring-fenced but that billing problems make this difficult, and that some companies should be brought in to assist with water and electricity without full…
- When
- 26 October 2026
- Where
- Johannesburg
- Status
- Reported