Staff Reporter.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is hosting what it deems South Africa’s largest virtual political rally as it gears up for the local government elections in October.
Announcing the rally earlier this month, party leader John Steenhuisen said: “We are neither distracted nor confused. We know the only way to effect real change in South Africa is through the power of the vote and that is why we are marching forward towards 27 October.”
“We had record unemployment numbers, our credit rating was junk status and our economy was in recession. The government’s heavy-handed and often senseless response to the pandemic slammed several further nails into the coffin of our shattered economy. To dig our way out of this hole will require the kind of sweeping change the ANC government simply isn’t capable of,” he said.
Early B, Thembinkosi Booi, MFR Souls & Bassie, Andriëtte, and Emo Adams, are among those who will keep the masses entertained today.
Meanwhile Democratic Alliance’s (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille says the real president of South Africa is Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is Dlamini-Zuma’s spokesperson, said Zille.
The former DA leader said this during the party’s virtual rally this morning as she criticised the government’s Covid-19 response.
Zille likened the government’s Covid-19 response to that of a communist state, further questioning the ‘national coronavirus command council’ name.
“That name, it sounds like something from a communal state – command councils that we are being governed by. The real president at the moment is Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa is just her spokesperson,” said Zille.
“The entire democratic system is being bypassed, very few people realise that because of all the fan fare when a few hundred vaccines arrived. We are being conned and the DA is the only party that sees through it and the only party that will stand up and fight for South Africans whatever it takes.”
Dlamini-Zuma has previously defended herself against those who accused her of running government, saying she has been given way too much credit for government decisions.
She said Ramaphosa led the government and in no way had she dictated to the Cabinet what to do.
Watch the proceedings live below:
Video Courtesy of DA.