South African Communist Party (SACP) National Executive Committee member, Buti Manamela says the Democratic Alliance (DA) led Western Cape government has failed to develop impoverished black and coloured communities of the province.
Manamela was speaking at the 31st annual commemoration of the death of SACP General Secretary, Chris Hani in Samora Machel, Cape Town.
2024 Elections | SACP election campaign
The party, together with its allies – the Young Communist League, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) – also conducted a door-to door campaign in the area.
Manamela explains, “Essentially showing that the government of the Western Cape does not care of the people of Samora Machel, the people of Khayelitsha, Philippi, greater Philippi in general. And this is my experience over the weekend since I’ve been here and I think it explains why the DA is scared about losing the Western Cape; precisely because it has created pockets of poverty, deepened inequality, lack of development.”
Mondli Mqoboka and Brandon Niewenhuys, who both reside in Ekurhuleni, say they believe that the DA will help fight the country’s unemployment.
They spoke to SABC News in Springs on Friday, where the DA held its Rescue South Africa roadshow.
Mondli Mqoboka says, “We want change in this country. There’s too much unemployment. Even the hospitals are not in a good condition and there are potholes in the streets.
Brandon Niewenhuys says, “There is corruption in government and the unemployment rate. I am voting for the DA to bring about the change.”
Elections 2024 | Ekurhuleni residents struggling with service delivery: Steenhuisen
During the roadshow, the DA leader described the City of Ekurhuleni as ground zero of what the party terms is a doomsday coalition between the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African National Congress (ANC).
The City of Ekurhuleni is currently governed through an ANC-EFF coalition.