The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) president, Sisisi Tolashe has called for all women within party structures to work around the clock to ensure the ANC gets majority victory in the upcoming general elections in May.
Tolashe was speaking at the launch of the women’s league, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Brigades, at the Buffalo City Stadium in East London in the Eastern Cape.
The Winnie Madikizela Brigades are said to be responsible for spreading the message of the ANC and to resolve any queries from the communities.
Tolashe says with the help of the women’s league and other party structures the ANC is confident about attaining two thirds majority in the upcoming elections.
“We are very committed … we are not even thinking about it. We want the two-thirds majority of 1994, so that the ANC government is a little bit agile in proceeding with what it has started in changing people’s lives for the better,” adds Tolashe.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) chairperson in the Eastern Cape, Zilindile Vena, says the youth are ready to take part in the province’s economy, but dwindling opportunities are a limiting factor.
Vena says if the party wins the majority votes in the province, it will unlock economic opportunities for the youth.
“Young people of the province are standing up and occupying their rightful places in the province. That is why all these people are here, they want jobs and land. And they want to end load shedding. Young people now are agitated, doctors are unemployed.”
Party supporters say they hope to hear decisive plans from the party president Julius Malema about the increasing crime levels in the province.
Pensioner Mzimasi Yem elaborates, “Our children are not employed, I want to hear, what is going to be done in order for them to work. What will be done in order to do away with criminality because criminals are kicking old people’s home doors, who are also selling drugs to our youth.”
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