WATCH | Community groups demand R1,500 monthly grant and jobs: Representatives from Langa, Khayelitsha and Gugulethu protest outside parliament for pro-poor economic policy.
Representatives from Langa, Khayelitsha and Gugulethu protest outside parliament for pro-poor economic policyCommunity groups from Cape Town protested outside parliament, where the medium-term budget policy statement was delivered on Wednesday, to voice their demands for government spending to be focused on the poor.
“You are delivering to the wrong constituency. You are delivering to the rich. You are delivering to corporate. Turn about, deliver to the poor,” said Madoda Cuphe, organiser of the Anti-Austerity Forum. Other organisations at the event included the Back2Work Campaign, the People's Health Movement, and the Movement for Change and Social Justice.