'There remain threats of further ‘shutdown’ protests, with the Johannesburg Inner City allegedly planned for tomorrow.'
Beginning in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on April 3, the “shutdowns” had spread to other DA-run governments, including other parts of Johannesburg, as well as areas in Tshwane and Cape Town and Caleden, also in the Western Cape, he said.
“This cheap, dangerous politicking is not being carried out by a few rogue elements in the ANC. It is the party’s election campaign strategy, endorsed and approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa himself. This is evidenced by his decision to go to Alex – the epicentre of these violent protests – to campaign in ANC colours, to publicly approve the shutdown and attempt to blame Mayor Herman Mashaba for the service delivery failures of the ANC over the past 25 years.
He said the reality was that millions of South Africans lived in communities that had seen little or no change since the dawn of democracy. “Our painful history still lives with us and after 25 years of ANC rule, many South Africans live without basic services. This is because the ANC government is one of self-enrichment rather than building infrastructure in poor communities.”
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