Zuma and ANC stand above the law

The African National Congress (ANC) is a disgrace to the entire continent, said Dennis Bloem, spokesperson for the Congress of the People (COPE). Bloem went on to say that President Jacob Zuma is a disgraceful individual who has broken his oath of office.  Bloem was unsympathetic and in a scathing attack on the ANC and Zuma called upon voters to realize the truth. The dictatorship and irresponsible governing must end. 

According to Zuma, it is only a relatively small band of provocateurs that are responsible for the burning of schools and vandalizing state property.  Zuma said there is absolutely no justification for such behavior and this behavior is condemned without equivocation. However, it is a little too late for the president and the ANC to condemn this action. After all, it is Zuma and the ANC comrades that taught the people on the ground how to burn down buildings and oppose a government. The ANC forget that their past actions of destroying property and protesting during apartheid are the very same action the people are doing today. What else did the ANC and Zuma expect?

The ANC are manipulating facts, hiding the truth and are desperate to remain in power. The fact that ANC voters protest against the party at Luthuli House demonstrate the aggravation of ordinary people. People on the ground have not forgiven the dishonorable president for Nkandla and other atrocities. 

Zuma and the ANC have forgotten why people are protesting and must look to the past for the answers. The protests and vandalism are associated with service deliveries, bad governance, corruption and dissatisfaction with the ANC government. The ANC protested, bombed buildings and killed innocent people during apartheid because there was dissatisfaction with the National Party.

The people want good governance and a political party that will deliver on its promises.  The ANC have failed the people of South Africa. The ANC will take every precaution to stay in power, and in the process will destroy the country. Other political parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have voiced concern over the ethics of the ANC and in particular Zuma.  Above all the ANC remain defiant and adopt dictatorship strategies to enforce governing South Africa. 

Either the ANC will stay in power if the people on the ground continue to vote for a corrupt, defiant government, or the ANC will fall if the people use their votes to rid South Africa of a dangerous party. 

 The ANC comrades and Zuma will not take the blame for anything they have done. Zuma and ANC do not regard stealing from the poor as a crime; it is their dues for the struggle endured. It is only the elite of the ANC that fought for a democratic South Africa, while in exile, not the millions of oppressed members of the ANC. Today, it is only about the elite and Zuma; these are the ANC members who matter.

Laura Oneale - Published on SA Today