‘Issues in Ugu need political solutions’
DA KZN leader, François Rodgers, said the problems in the Ugu District are politically made.
DA KZN leader François Rodgers advises unemployed people to accept food parcels from the ANC so that they can have food for a few days.
Rodgers said he also advises them to take T-shirts given to them by the ANC, not to wear them, but to wash dirty windows.
He was speaking at the Anerley Service Centre Hall on Tuesday last week, where he was unpacking how the DA plans to rescue KZN.
He said everything was falling apart in the province, saying that most of the problems were man-made.
Rodgers said the problems in the Ugu District are politically made.
“In this province, the ANC has governed for 20 years. When we went to elections in 1994, the IFP was the majority party, and the ANC took over from them. Since then, things have gone haywire. The only solution is a political one – to remove the ANC from power,” he said.
He explained that he had been travelling all over KZN, saying that most of his engagements have been with rural communities.
“This is because I assume that folks like you generally vote for the DA, but if we want to show growth and if we want to be the majority of a minority in KZN, then we have to look broader than the support we have been getting in the past. The mood and reception that we are getting are incredible. The number of people that are turning up are non-traditional DA voters. They are not saying, ons is gatvol; they say sikhathele izithembiso zakhongolose (we are tired of ANC promises),” he said.
He added: “When I engage folks who are unemployed, do not have decent houses, healthcare services, no water, they are the ones saying they are tired. And my advice to them is to go to the ANC events and take food parcels because if you do not have food in your home, at least you have food for two days. But remember that the food parcel is not going to get you a job, water and service delivery.”
He also jokingly tells them to use ANC T-shirts as a rag to clean dirty windows.
“Because that is all a T-shirt is worth; it does not buy you anything except empty promises,” he said.
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