By ensuring that the small enterprise market and the spaza shop industry are reserved for citizens, while revitalising the rural and township economies by supporting commercially viable cooperatives and small to medium enterprises (SMMEs).

The proper maintenance of roads will be made a priority. The IFP will invest in fixing potholes, while ensuring that gravel roads are tarred in rural areas, townships and previously disadvantaged communities.

Promoting self-help and self-reliance by partnering with KZN businesses to offer unemployed citizens basic skills that will allow them to start businesses or to access job opportunities.

Ensuring that it becomes fully functional and a model of a State bank, so that it can deliver on its mandate to uplift poor KZN communities.

The Directorate will monitor the roll-out of the Unemployment Graduate Grant of R3000, while ensuring that all graduates are given a 12-month internship at municipalities and within KZN provincial departments.

By cleaning up the inner cities, and surrounding areas, reclaiming hijacked buildings, while also prioritising the repair and upgrade of existing infrastructure. A special focus will be placed on roads and on ensuring that municipalities are able to deliver stable water supplies. The IFP will strictly prohibit sewer discharge into rivers, directing stormwater runoff and sewage into treatment plants instead.

The IFP will ensure that the Province plays an enhanced role in combating rampant crime through a provincial police force, while greater support will be given to funded community policing forums.

By ensuring that KZN schools are well-resourced. Free scholar transport will be made available. Vacancies will be filled timeously, while ensuring better pay and better working conditions for all teachers, including Grade R teachers. As an incentive, teacher accommodation and a rural allowance will be provided.

By prioritising their safety, ensuring that they have tools of trade and office space, renovating Traditional Courts and building houses for Traditional Leaders. The IFP will ensure that the voice of Traditional Leaders is heard in Government.

As a model of ensuring that everyone has access to land. The IFP will commission a full scale land audit to determine who owns what, and use the findings to focus on State land, in order to redistribute it to the people.

By ensuring that small scale farmers are supported. Subsidies and access to markets will be facilitated.

There will be no budget cuts for organisations that look after the most vulnerable, in particular, women, children and people living with disabilities.

Especially in rural areas. To combat the rise in social ills, the IFP will partner with civil society to ensure
that more free drug rehabilitation centres and programs are available in the Province.

Such as access to electricity, sanitation and other services. The IFP will allocate a greater portion of its human settlements’ budget to address these issues, with the ultimate goal of providing proper housing to those residing in informal settlements. More focus will also be placed on sustainable housing interventions in rural and urban areas.

Civil servants with the necessary qualifications, competence and integrity will serve in an IFP Government. Civil servants in KwaZulu-Natal must possess the necessary passion and patriotism to reBuild the Province.