'ANCYL is lying'
WESTERN Cape premier Helen Zille said her government had spent 76% of its budget on the disadvantaged.
She said this was despite the claims by the ANC Youth League in the province that her government did not care about delivering services to the poor.
She said the reasons behind the recent service delivery protests in Khayelitsha and other areas along Cape Town's N2 Highway had more to do with internal ANC politics than legitimate complaints.
"This is about the internal conflicts within the ANC because the ANCYL doesn't like people who support Jacob Zuma ... they are trying to displace the internal hierarchy in the list selection process for 2014," Zille said.
She joked that with the demise of Julius Malema as the youth league leader, she had thought it was the end of radical statements from the league, but that Cape Town metro leader Khaya Yozi had taken over the mantle and was doing wonders for the DA's recruitment of new members.
On Monday, more than 3000 supporters of the ANCYL marched to Zille's office, demanding that her administration address poor service delivery in informal settlements, provide better housing and halt the planned closure of 27 schools in Western Cape.
Zille said South Africa's greatest challenge was unemployment and how poor people could be equipped to move out of poverty within one generation.
"That is the most important policy question that we have to address in South Africa, and if we are talking about debates between different political parties, that's what the debate should be about - which set of policies offers pathways out of poverty for poor people within a generation,"Zille said .
But Yozi said the 76% budgetallocation to poor communities came as news to the ANC because there was no tangible proof of this on the ground.
"Where is the 76% she claims was spent? We haven't seen it, and this confirms that the premier is sitting in her ivory tower not knowing what is happening on the ground," Yozi said.
He denied that the youth league's recent protest was all a ploy towards the 2014 general elections, and said there was nothing contained in their demands to the provincial government which showed this.
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dik
Yozi, why don't you and all stirrers like you go to Limpopo and attack the crooks in power and not the most successful,honest and caring government in the whole of SA.Report Abuse
Sinudeity_
This Yozi dude is a tool. Maybe he should go back to the ECape, and tell us which province better serves the poor. The irony, is that Cape Town is the city with the LOWEST income disparity in South Africa. And yet the same ANCYL LIARS electioneer by calling it an apartheid province and whatever else.But its cool, peoples eyes are opening up to the YL and the ANC.
Yozi, give it up boy, your party is busy dying.
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Danielrjvvuren
*Facepalm* Sigh... I think we need a new institution or ideology rather then politics. Can we not privatize the state? At least we will see some service delivery. Wow its really fun switching the nationalization thing on its head. It seems that the political system is failing so badly maybe getting private institutions to run the country we might get leka discount on tax or loyalty points with our water spending....Report Abuse
MommaC
"there was no tangible proof of this on the ground."Cause you've burned it all TO the ground you mullets.
I think it is past time that government (all three branches) start looking at the idea of changing the way they do things. A bit of lateral thinking may be in order here. Obviously the real bosses (the public) are not happy with the way that their employees are doing things.
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cornelius
Haha, the DA bashers are quiet this morning.Report Abuse
DJ-Winner
@cornelius...We choose to stay away of other people's affairs, unlike you DA people first to comment on ANC affairs. We are not insecure as you are.Report Abuse
skhokho21
MommaC, let me ask you the question I always ask, first from you, what was burnt to the ground & in which location? Zille is talking about 76% of her budget, where & what has she done with it. Don`t tell me about houses from a report of 2011 plz, say in Khayelitsha 500 rdp houses were built, in Site C this is what was done, in Nyanga, in Gugs etc. Its easy to believe anything coming from Zille but she said nothing on this report.Cornelius, we don`t bash the DA but we tell you don`t act as if your DA is doing better, they have their own faults just like us the ANC, whether the ANC is worse does not justify niks, they all political parties.
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The-Rothschilds
Who doesn't lie thats in politics?Report Abuse
Danielrjvvuren
RothschildsThis she is true... Thats why I say maybe we need a monarchy or privatize all the things - enter meme-
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Romy
@ skhokho21If you really want to know there is a breakdown of the expenditure in a statement on Politicsweb.
(Sorry Sowetan won't let me give you a direct link but if you google politicsweb you will find it).
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