ANC worried as they only have 18 months left in power, says Maimane
The ANC is worried as they know they only have 18 months left in power‚ Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane says. Speaking at the DA’s Gauteng provincial conference‚ he said the ANC knew that South Africans had woken up to the fact that they needed to free themselves from the oppression of corruption that was destroying the country’s future. He said South Africa needed change – a new beginning that meant freeing the country of divisions of race‚ class and gender. People‚ he added‚ were often angry about corruption and state capture‚ but should be just as angered by the living conditions of their fellow South Africans. "It cannot be business as usual when desperate mothers have to boil weeds to feed their children‚ or scavenge on rubbish dumps for scraps of food. "We must be angry when 4 children die every day because of malnutrition‚" Maimane said. "It cannot be business as usual when thousands of children go to school hungry every day‚ and then leave school having been taught ...
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