The leader of the DA has received flack - and ridicule on social media - from some political analysts and commentators for travelling to the war-torn nation on a fact-finding mission. Amid criticism of wasting money, he told Daily Maverick this week ...
Steenhusien referenced numerous instances where he had been present to help with local matters, starting from the July riots in KwaZulu-Natal last year, to the water crisis in Ugu and the recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal in April.
The leader of the official opposition questioned why there was no backlash and outrage when his political counterparts in other parties visited other countries, adding that he has also shown keen interest in the plight of opposition on the continent. “I have travelled to Ghana, Mozambique and Somaliland and next month will be in Kenya and the following month in Somaliland again. Additionally, I have met, and participated in several seminars on a variety of challenges facing the continent with my counterparts in Africa including Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema, Zimbabwean opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa, Namibia’s Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani and National Unity Platform leader Bobi Wine,” he said.
“Additionally, the regional conflict is going to cause fuel shortages which will drive up the prices of fuel, this will have an immediate impact on commuter prices and taxi fares as well as driving up the costs of goods exacerbating the situation further,” he said.
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