Sona Debate
The ANC cares only about power, not the public, Mmusi Maimane says
The ANC has turned from liberator of the people to the enemy of the people, DA leader Mmusi Maimane says. Speaking on Tuesday in Parliament during the first day of the debate on President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address (Sona), Maimane said the only thing the ANC cared about was power. "It [the ANC] cares about getting rich … It cares about big projects like the arms deal and the nuclear deal that are conceived because, in the words of [former] president Kgalema Motlanthe, they offer opportunities for certain people to make money. "It cares about the perks of the office — the cars, the travel, the blue light convoys. The ANC has stopped caring about ordinary South Africans. The ANC has turned from liberator of the people to the enemy of the people." Maimane said the chaos in Parliament during the Sona last Thursday showed that the government was not on the same side as the people. On Thursday night, Zuma was subjected to a barrage of insults and attacks by opposition partie...
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