AN ANC councillor in Khayelitsha says he will intensify his dirty war against Western Cape premier and DA leader Helen Zille, promising bucket toilets and their contents will follow the politician wherever she goes in the province.
Andile Lili's threat comes after Zille's convoy came under attack from some residents in Harare, Khayelitsha, where she was attending an event yesterday. Protestors emptied porta-loos on a bus, and smeared faeces on cars.
This follows an incident on Monday in which Lili and fellow ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla emptied the contents of five portable toilets on the steps of the provincial legislature.
Zille's spokesman Zak Mbhele said the incident yesterday came at the end of a scheduled event where the premier was speaking.
"Towards the end of the event there were people outside who had demonstrated, you could hear them singing from inside the venue and at some point they had started throwing faeces around," Mbhele said.
Across the road, other protesters had also smeared faeces on the road surface.
With a heavy police presence accompanying Zille, rubber bullets were fired into the crowd.
Minutes later Zille, who had arrived at the venue by bus, left in a car with one of her VIP protectors.
Lili said: "We made a mess. Our aim was to protest these toilets which are a legacy of apartheid."
Two weeks ago Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille announced "the end of bucket toilets" and the phasing in of portable flush toilets for some informal settlements.
"By improving these toilets they are simply improving on apartheid's legacy," Lili said.
He said the improved toilets were an assault on the dignity of black people.
Police spokesman Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed that two men were arrested for public violence related to the protest.
The ANC Youth League's Dullah Omar leadership has distanced itself from yesterday's incident, saying it did not condone the protest.
Lili is fighting his dismissal as a councillor in the Cape Town High Court.
The ANC provincial executive has also indicated that it would take disciplinary action against him pending the outcome of his court case.
Protestors smear faeces on cars
AN ANC councillor in Khayelitsha says he will intensify his dirty war against Western Cape premier and DA leader Helen Zille, promising bucket toilets and their contents will follow the politician wherever she goes in the province.
Andile Lili's threat comes after Zille's convoy came under attack from some residents in Harare, Khayelitsha, where she was attending an event yesterday. Protestors emptied porta-loos on a bus, and smeared faeces on cars.
This follows an incident on Monday in which Lili and fellow ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla emptied the contents of five portable toilets on the steps of the provincial legislature.
Zille's spokesman Zak Mbhele said the incident yesterday came at the end of a scheduled event where the premier was speaking.
"Towards the end of the event there were people outside who had demonstrated, you could hear them singing from inside the venue and at some point they had started throwing faeces around," Mbhele said.
Across the road, other protesters had also smeared faeces on the road surface.
With a heavy police presence accompanying Zille, rubber bullets were fired into the crowd.
Minutes later Zille, who had arrived at the venue by bus, left in a car with one of her VIP protectors.
Lili said: "We made a mess. Our aim was to protest these toilets which are a legacy of apartheid."
Two weeks ago Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille announced "the end of bucket toilets" and the phasing in of portable flush toilets for some informal settlements.
"By improving these toilets they are simply improving on apartheid's legacy," Lili said.
He said the improved toilets were an assault on the dignity of black people.
Police spokesman Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed that two men were arrested for public violence related to the protest.
The ANC Youth League's Dullah Omar leadership has distanced itself from yesterday's incident, saying it did not condone the protest.
Lili is fighting his dismissal as a councillor in the Cape Town High Court.
The ANC provincial executive has also indicated that it would take disciplinary action against him pending the outcome of his court case.
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