I will vote for the African National Congress for the National Assembly and for my province, Gauteng. I will be casting my vote first and foremost as a concerned South African citizen. I respect my party, the ANC, and believe its leadership under President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa will continue with greater vigour the removal of all the individuals who through greed, abused the trust of the people who voted them into office by becoming corrupt.
At this point in the life of our young republic, it is crucial that South Africa has a stable government with the kind of experience that is only available in the ANC, despite its acknowledged flaws. The large number of unemployed urgently need to be found jobs. It is investors, big and small, national and international, who make it possible for the economy to grow and create jobs.
The Economic Freedom Fighters declare in their election manifesto that if they got to government they would grow the economy through nationalisation: of mines, land, banks, etc. For all its good intentions, this would be a disastrous strategy. Witness the record anywhere else in the world. There would simply be no money to finance their ambitious desire of doubling social grants and achieving free education.
For his part, Floyd Shivambu, the EFF deputy leader, is also yet to explain his links with Stellenbosch businessmen, part of the group that he scornfully refers to as the “Stellenbosch mafia” whom he repeatedly visited with EFF MP Marshall Dlamini, he who assaulted a police officer outside parliament in March last year. There would be much more to say but time does not permit an elaboration.
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