ANC has failed SA for past 30 years, says Msimanga

• Published date: 26 April 2024
• Author: Mashudu Sadike mashudu.sadike@inl.co.za
• Publication title: Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)

On his campaign trail yesterday at Liliesleaf Farm, where a number of ANC leaders were arrested in 1963, Msimanga spoke about the governing party’s failures during the last three decades, saying it was befitting because his party had made a difference as an opposition party

His party chose the location to highlight the promises that former ANC leaders made at the dawn of democracy and which had not been fulfilled.

Msimanga lashed out at the governing party, accusing ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula of “murmuring in the corners” while disappointing the country. He said that the DA as the official opposition, following the last elections, had tried, although they were not perfect.

“It’s not a perfect attempt, but there is an attempt that is coming through … because if it wasn’t for us we would have been sitting with the likes in regard to Eskom …

“We would not be having the state capture commission … We are the ones who started asking questions about what was happening. We heard Fikile Mbalula murmuring in the corners.”

Msimanga said he expected more load shedding following the May 29 polls.

He outlined what he called broken promises by the ANC since it had come into power in 1994.

“The ANC has continued to break promises since it came to power in 1994,” a confident Msimanga said, in front of a handful of supporters of the party, that they had been an effective opposition.

He called out all ANC Gauteng premiers since the dawn of democracy, including Mbazima Shilowa, Nomvula Mokonyane, Paul Mashatile and the current Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

“In 2023, Lesufi...