By OBAKENG MAJE
The Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen said for 30 years, his party has worked tirelessly to defend the democracy from the onslaught of corruption and stealing. He said the DA has worked to ensure that the dreams are not completely destroyed, so that there will be something left to rebuild with when the ANC’s time runs out.
Steenhuisen, who addressed the DA supporters in Kimberley, Northern Cape on Monday said, just a few days from now, the ANC is set to lose its majority for the first time in the democratic history of South Africa.
He further said while ANC leaders may still be in denial, they all know why the people are about to kick them out. Steenhuisen added that the fact that ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has not even realised yet that the people are about to vote his ‘thieves’ out of power, just shows how out of touch he has always been with the people of this country.
“The people of the Northern Cape are about to vote the ANC out, because they are tired of unemployment. They are ready for a new DA government that will bring an end to the outrageous electricity tariffs and urban decay in Kimberley, which has destroyed the many small businesses that once flourished here.
“They are ready for a new DA government that will end load shedding and the crippling water cuts affecting this province,” he said.
Steenhuisen said for eight years, these school grounds were flooded from the reservoir next door and the ANC-led government ignored the problem.
“But when a new DA government takes over this province on 29 May 2024, led by new Premier, Izak Fritz, the days of ignoring people’s problems will be over. And it won’t only be at this school.
“Because of ANC corruption, the people of Kimberley, and many other towns, are even forced to spend Christmas without water. The water crisis in the Northern Cape is an assault on the dignity of the people of this province,” said Steenhuisen.
He said: “At the very same time that residents no longer have drinking water, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is drowning in sewerage. A vote for the DA on 29 May 2024, is a vote to clean up the lakes of sewerage around this town.
“We know that the last ANC Premier of the Northern Cape, Zamani Saul, recently admitted on Carte Blanche that it will take his corrupt party 500 years to upgrade Kimberley’s infrastructure,” he said.
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