Ramaphosa said those who are making threats “do not belong as part of the South African community that wants stability.”
Loyalists of former president Jacob Zuma threatened violence, anarchy and civil war should the IEC block the MK party from contesting the election.has issued a warning that any political party threatening violence ahead of or on the day of the national and provincial election on May 29th will face arrest.
“The people of South Africa value this hard-won democracy and they don’t want any form of instability and we’ve always followed the rule of law. When you are dissatisfied with any decision, be it a government decision, the president’s decision and ministers decision, even a courts decision, there are way in which all those complaints can be followed up,” Ramaphosa said.
In the video, which has since gone viral, Reddy said that the country would descend into civil war if MK were not allowed to campaign or be on the ballot paper. “No one will vote and no one in this country will vote. We are sending a loud and clear message that if these courts which are sometimes captured, if they stop MK, there will be anarchy in this country. There will be riots like you never seen in this country, there’ll be no‘Julius truly understands what the poor needs’ – 82-year-old from Soweto
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