While many applauded the statements and said all help was needed, others slammed the party and said it had 'left people to pray for relief' instead of providing help.
The ANC joined calls for relief and rebuilding in KwaZulu-Natal afterTorrential rain and landslides have hit the area since Sunday night, displacing hundreds of people.
On Wednesday evening, the office of the MEC of co-operative governance and traditional affairs Sipho Hlomuka said: “The latest reports indicate that 306 people have lost their lives as a result of the heavy rains.”] have started, the governing party took to social media to call for calm.alls on residents to remain calm while measures are being taken to attend to the situation.”
It followed this message up with a call to party employees to roll up their sleeves and get to work rebuilding communities. “While disaster management teams work around the clock to assist residents affected by the inclement weather, the ANC issued an instruction to its employees to roll up their sleeves and fast-track interventions,” it said,While many applauded the statements and said all help was needed, others slammed the party and said it had “left people to pray for relief” instead of providing help.
Others alleged it was a call for the looting of state resources through irregular tenders masked as interventions, as had been seen during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic and national state of disaster. A
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