Party’s leaders are immune from power cuts, hunger and crime
A man works next to a lamp during a load-shedding, in Soweto. Picture: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERSGiven the total mismanagement of every single aspect of governance, civil society and maintenance of law and order, there is little else the ANC can destroy.
In the face of the worst power crisis experienced in the country we have reports that ANC ministers have all had power generators installed in their homes at taxpayer expense. While hospitals and other public institutions suffer during load-shedding, while ordinary citizens endure hours without power each day and the poor are without doubt the worst affected, the ANC ministers are not even aware of power outages as their generators kick in within seconds of electricity supply interruptions.
SA boasts that it is a democratic state. Really? In any other democracy such a government would face public protests of an unprecedented scale. No democratic government could survive what is happening in SA.
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