Julius Malema addresses his supporters at Gunners, Sports Ground, Boikhutso, Ditsobotla, North West.
- EFF leader Julius Malema campaigned in the northwestern city of Ditsobotla on Sunday.
- The local municipality of Ditsobotla was dissolved after mismanagement and poor governance led to a by-election of all districts in the area.
- Malema told residents that their continued vote for the ANC was like a drug addiction because the party had shown no interest in providing basic services.
EFF leader Julius Malema campaigned heavily in the North West on Sunday, telling residents of a dissolved municipality that continuing to vote for the ANC was like drug addiction.
Malema addressed a rally in the Ditsobotla municipality where all the districts in the area were up for partial elections on December 14.
Addressing a small rally of supporters, Malema said it was difficult to understand how residents living in a municipality that lacked reliable electricity and water could continue to vote for the ANC.
He said that the daily difficulty in traveling due to potholes and the inability to use toilets due to water cuts were enough reasons for residents to vote for a new government.
“On the 14th you are going to go out to vote and before you leave you are going to use the toilet that does not flush because it does not have water. You will go out and you will vote for the ANC. Even if they say that the ANC is drugs and you are addicted, what kind of madness is this?
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CIC @Julius_S_Malema heading to the EFF By-Elections Rally at Gunners, Sports Ground, in Boikhutso, Ditsobotla, North West
Once you qualify for SASSA, you automatically qualify for free water and electricity because you are poor.#VoteEFF pic.twitter.com/4RN8pVarxp
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“You didn’t sleep all night and you were busy throwing water outside your house, and you go and vote for the same ANC. And then you say things have to change. How can they change if you haven’t changed your own vote? On the 14th we go to make history and we are going to remove the ANC. We do not hate them. They are the ones who hate us,” Malema said.
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The local municipality of Ditsobotla was dissolved this year due to mismanagement and political infighting within the ANC.
Residents of the area complained about water problems, saying the roads in the area were full of potholes.
Malema’s campaign follows similar visits by DA leader John Steenhuisen and ANC Chairman Cyril Ramaphosa.
The EFF leader said voters had to make sober decisions when they went to vote on Wednesday and should forget about linking the ANC to its history of struggle.
He said the ANC was no longer Nelson Mandela’s party, but full of “criminals who rob the poor”.
“The whole ANC is rotten, they are all the same. Don’t say you will vote for Nelson Mandela on the 14th. Mandela is dead, and this ANC is not Mandela’s ANC. This is the ANC that steals food parcels,” Malema said.
