Ramaphosa emphasised the importance of the community coming out in numbers to vote on election day, and not just assuming that the ANC would win.
“We say, if you want change here – it is a must – and you must come out in large numbers. If you don’t, things will remain the same,” he added.Some of the placards were complaining about the rejection of applications for the R350 special grant, demanding recognition of community health-care workers, and demand for housing development.
“I ask those with placards – I have seen the placards – put them down. I have read them properly. Put them down, all of them,” he said.“Put down the placards. Thank you,” Ramaphosa said before he then introduced several councillors from Khayelitsha. Prior to Ramaphosa’s arrival at Greenpoint, one ANC leader had cautioned the placard-wielding crowd against their action.
In an apparent incitement against the media, the ANC leader even accused the media of being complicit in the silent protest by the placard-wielding people. “We will not accept the media to fan, distort and distract our rally. If people have placards, they raise them – not in a subtle way – to lobby others,” he said as some silent protesters were being interviewed.
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