The movement of thousands of people between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape during the Covid-19 outbreak has strained relations between the provinces, and the ANC in the Eastern Cape is threatening to take the DA-run Western Cape government to court
A war of words has erupted between party leaders from the neighbouring provinces, resulting in the global pandemic being reduced to a political squabble.
Ngcukayithobi said they were convinced that the Western Cape government and Ceres farmers were deliberately sabotaging all efforts to halt the spread of the virus in the Eastern Cape. “We are gravely concerned about the immoral and reckless conduct of farmers in the Western Cape, who continue to exploit the seasonal workers and, after making their profits, release those workers to fend for themselves without caring about their welfare, their state of health or where they will stay.
“The people who are selling fake permits are in the Western Cape and we know that the Western Cape government is aware of this. It took police from the Eastern Cape to go beyond our borders to arrest those individuals who were selling fake permits to people to travel to the Eastern Cape,” Ngcukayithobi added.
He said the impression that people were only travelling from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape was incorrect as there were also people commuting in the opposing direction.He denied the claim that people were being issued with fake permits in the Western Cape, saying individuals were obtaining legitimate permits under false pretences.
“The only conclusion that I can come to is that it is politically motivated, which is stupid,” Madikizela said.
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