The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has come out strongly against the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s election posters, describing them as a desperate move from a party willing to do anything, including dividing society, so that it could thrive.
DURBAN - The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has labeled the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s new election posters in Phoenix as shameful, fascist and disgusting.
The posters, which were put up on Tuesday, read: “The ANC calls you racists, the DA calls you heroes.”
The DA said that the posters were to honour those who stood up to protect their properties during the July unrest.
But the posters have been largely criticised for fueling racial tension.
Thirty-six people were killed in the area during the looting in July, with a number of residents standing trial for murder.
As expected, the ANC in KZN has come out strongly against the DA's election posters, describing them as a desperate move from a party willing to do anything, including dividing society, so that it could thrive.
“This is a political hypocrisy of the highest order of the party which claims to be a nonracial organisation,” said the ANC’s Nhlakanipho Ntombela.
Ntombela has called on Indian communities in the province to work with the ANC. He insisted that his party would never shy away from calling for those responsible for the killings in Phoenix to be jailed.
“We call on the Indian community, in particular in Phoenix and in Chatsworth, and all the surrounding areas to see for themselves that the DA is clearly a racist organisation,” he added.
As the two parties squabble over the DA posters, this tragedy will take centre stage on Wednesday as the case of 19-year-old Mondli Majola, who was killed in Phoenix, returns to court.
Julius Malema has threatened to go after Indians in Phoenix who were killing black
South Africans if police doesn't find them sooner.
The Phoenix massacre saw several black South Africans being killed in a stand off
that happened between them and the Indians in Phoenix in Kwa-Zulu Natal province.
"I just want to address one point of Phoenix where the Indians were killing our
people there.
The police will have to find those people because we may be left with no option but
to go find them ourselves. So, the sooner they do that, the better," said Malema.
Malema stated that what the Indians did in Phoenix is unforgettable and warned the
police to rather look for those Indian "thugs" than going door-to-door looking for
goods which they are going to destroy.
"What those Indians did there in Phoenix is unforgettable, we will never forgive them
for what they did to our people.
And those are Indian criminals, they must be called exactly that. We are not going
to make any apology about that," he said.
Julius Malema also send his condolences to families who lost their relatives during
the Phoenix massacre.
"We want to send our condolences to our people in KZN, especially those who were
killed by Indian thugs.
We are sending our condolences and we are saying to them, they will not die in
vain–we will make sure that they get justice," he said.
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