During a visit to South Africa’s oldest township, Ramaphosa directed a thinly veiled barb at the DA, apologising to the people of Alexandra for not coming to address them sooner, saying he thought Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba would have come first.
In recent weeks the DA have repeatedly lay the blame for the failure in delivering housing and services such as sewerage and waste removal at the door of the ANC, specifically Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Ramaphosa.
“What has disturbed me is the filth and the dirt that I have seen here. The local government must embark on a programme to clean up Alexandra. Sewerage and human waste is all over the streets. We cannot allow that. It is upon the shoulders of the local government to clean up this area — we cannot allow our people to live amongst rats. Alexandra and Ward 105, is not a dumping ground.”
“Your message is very clear and has reverberated throughout the whole of South Africa. You as the people of Alexandra are sick of lack of service delivery.”
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