The head of elections fielded questions on why the ruling party still gives people T-shirts.
ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula has defended the ANC against an assumption that the party and all political parties only visited supporters during election season.
Mbalula said the incorrect version of why the ANC handed out T-shirts to people was perpetuated and often shared by the media. This was a marketing tool, Mbalula said. He questioned the media for their role in apparently perpetuating an image that the ANC only visited their supporters during the election period.
In providing an example, he said an ANC voter would say: “Mbalula, you’re leaving now, I’ve told you all my pains, what do you leave me with, where is the T-shirt, my child? “Not that those T-shirts are sexy. We’ve had ugly people in those T-shirts, we’ve had very nice people in those T-shirts, and probably the most handsome guy will [always] be Razzmatazz Mbawizi,” he said, referring to himself.
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