Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this article are solely that of Makisto and nobody else, let’s get that one very clear Swart en Wit mense.
The race to the local government elections is raging on with swords being thrown left and right. This sees the ANC getting even more vicious in its campaigning and its puppet Julius Malema is doing all the dirty work. Without naming her, calling Democratic Alliance leader and Western Cape Primier Helen Zille all names and saying she dances like a monkey.
Before the 2011 machetes drawing
Meanwhile, the ANC top brass are distancing themselves from the Malema crass. On the other hand, Zille is baying for ANC’s blood at the polls saying her party is the only political party that can give the ANC a run for its money. Her stance on being the only alternative sees Zille getting even more determined to oust the ANC slowly but surely.
Slogan-ning
A little while back, the DA’s slogan said Fight Back, this kind of slogan-ning can easily be read as Fight Black. DA slogan is revolving and now is called We Deliver For All. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see it is directly derived from the ANC’s A Better Life For All. Political analysts say the work of the opposition party is to damage the credibility of the ruling party. That might be the case here, but in this slogan thing, I am more of the opinion that the DA should have been more creative or stuck to its Klop Misdaad slogan want ek is baie life vir mense hoe klop misdaad.
The ANC promises a better life for all, lol
Over the past 17 years, the ANC’s slogan has remained the same promising A Better Life For All. In practice, that has not been the case as we have all seen how things are panning out. It’s in actual fact, A better life for the ANC elite.
It’s War
Malema says "a White womaN in a blue dress dances like a monkey to win Black votes"
The battle lines are drawn and all the ammunitions are made twice as strong. The DA was the first to draw blood from the ANC saying President Zuma is endangering the lives of his wives by sleeping around without a condom. JZ kept quiet and it was Malema who gave as good as JZ got saying Zille’s Cabinet in the Western Cape is all male so she “can continue to sleep around”. That was 2009 and fast forward it’s 2011 and now, the ANC is feeling the heat from the DA as Zille is turning up the heat and repositioning the DA.
Lest we forget
All is fair in electioneering and the polls
This political showdown on the South African political landscape has all the ingredients of a thrilling novel in which the villain gets away with murder just as the ANC will be getting away with murder. JZ has manipulated people saying the DA is the devil and the ANC membership is an automatic ticket to heaven. Blasphemy at its best! Malema has entered the battle saying Helen Zille “dances like a monkey” to win Black votes. He even further manipulated people saying if the ANC loses at the polls, South Africans should hold themselves accountable for Madiba’s health if he doesn’t get well due to the defeat the party may suffer at the polls. "President Mandela is sick and you don't want to contribute to a worsening condition of Mandela by not voting ANC. President Mandela will never endure if the ANC is out of power," said Malema (The Star)
The DA claims to deliver services for all but a leaked report may suggest otherwise
In a distant media gathering, Zille said South Africans shouldn’t forget about the past and apartheid saying it is crucial people vote a party that will deliver [for all] instead of voting for a party because out of a sense of loyalty. Zille also said it is unfair that in a constitutional democracy, White people are not allowed to say things Black people say and get away with, referring to Malema’s comparing her with a monkey. I can just imagine the noise the Human Rights Commission and Black people in general would have made if it was Zille who said JZ dances like a monkey.
ANC government service delivery in Soweto
Promises, promises – yawn – promises and promises again...
The ANC continues to make promises that people must vote for it so it can deliver basic services to all. In a move I deem barbaric, during his State-of-the-Nation Address, President Zuma quoted a woman who complained on his party’s Facebook page, saying she is staying in a squatter camp and on the other side of the road, it’s a typical suburban township. “I don’t know where that comes from, blame apartheid,” he said. I was like duh? How stupid! Making fun at someone’s genuine concern about unequal distribution of basic services isn’t on. Since 1994, the ANC-led governmenyt has indeed managed to build over 2.6 million RDP houses (South African government; 2009), electrifying houses, providing water and sanitation. However, by his own admission, more still needs to be done. “The ANC cannot undo what apartheid has done in only 17 years,” protests President Zuma.
DA service delivery in Khayelitsha
On the other hand, the DA came into power in Cape Town during the 2006 local elections after it entered into coalitions with smaller parties. It was in 2009 national government elections that the DA ousted the ANC in the Western Cape. During these 2011 local government elections, the DA is using its “successes” in the Western Cape as crucial a benchmark for the electorate on its campaigning. “Look at what we have done in the Western Cape and compare that with the ANC’s inefficiency for the past 17 years,” says Zille. The DA inherited about 230 squatter camps from the ANC-led government in Cape Town when it came into power in 2006 and it has managed to provide the camps with housing, electricity, water and sanitation.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words
Of course, we cannot afford not to mention the so called “DA’s big stink in the Western Cape” in which Khayelitsha residents were built open toilets. “Justice, you know the real reasons behind that. We wanted to build 1 toilet for 4 houses but the residents said we should build open toilets and they will cover them,” said Zille on Justice Malala’s Justice Factor on the ENews Channel a few weeks ago. About 87% of the residents covered their toilets, claims the DA, and now the ANC is using it against the party. “If you want a party that will build you open toilets, vote for the DA,” says Malema. How rich coming from a party that wasn’t able to deliver basic services to people of Khayelitsha when it was in power. Now that a mob of rebellious ANC members in Khayelitsha are not sticking to their part of the agreement, they are taking a dig at the DA.
Zille cashes in on ANC's feared clampdown on media freedom
You know, this is very barbaric that people expect the government to give them everything. I come from rural areas and there, before you build yourself a house, you first build yourself a decent toilet. Therefore, I argue that it is unfair that those in cities have more advantages in accessing basic services than those in rural areas.
Nonetheless, the DA is positioning itself as a party that can deliver better than the ANC and its stance as the only alternative may just see the party getting more votes.
The death of Cope good news for the DA
The death of a scrap yard: One man's loss is another woman's win
Though the DA hasn’t said anything about it, the death of the political scrap yard that was Cope, will see many disgruntled ANC members and Cope defectors voting the DA. However, the general consensus on the streets and disappointed Cope voters is that they are not voting this year. “Cope messed up. It presented a good alternative to the ANC. I think voting for the DA will be a big mistake,” said Realist in 2010 during a heated TVSA debate. Cope isn’t even canvassing, let alone campaigning on street posters. This gives the DA an ample opportunity to be “the only alternative” it claims to be.
You don't have a reason not to go to the polls
The feeling is that Black people are not sure whether they should trust a party led by a White person especially after what they suffered at the hands of apartheid. I am of the opinion that not going to the polls because disappointed with Cope and ANC is a big mistake; rather use your one vote to show the ANC how unhappy you are. Though the DA may not win in most cities like Joburg, Polokwane and Tshwane, voters’s overall votes in various metros and wards will make the ANC take the citizens seriously. You don’t even have to vote for the DA, you can still vote for other ANC defectors such as PAC, or parties like UCDP, Freedom Front Plus and UDM etc etc. Come on South Africans, not going to the polls is a big mistake, vote vote vote vote Black, White, Coloured and Indian people!
Spanner on the works for the DA
Vavi is calling for survey results to be released before May 18
The DA conducts an annual satisfaction survey in Cape and this year, 3 000 people were polled. The reports results haven’t been released as yet. However, the ENews reports that the report has been leaked and it seems the DA didn’t score top marks in Black and Coloured communities. It is only in affluent suburbs of Cape Town, most arguably occupied by the White, Black, Coloured and Indian middle class that the party scored an overall 85% from residents in that section. The residents of Khayelitsha scored the party just over 50% overall in that section. You can imagine that others are DA voters who are not happy with the services they are getting and the remaining others are an ANC mob. Cosatu is gunning for the survey results saying they must be released before the May 18 elections.
Currently Malema cannot speak out on DA survey results because is in court facing "dubul' ibono" hate speech chrages
How can they ask the DA to shoot itself on the foot? I am not surprised though, during the 2009 national elections, the DA pressurised the ANC to release annual crime stats but the ANC only did so after the elections. The DA wanted the ANC to release the stats saying the ANC doesn’t klop misdaad and that people should use that to punish the ANC. Now tables are turned lol.
Stop your nonsense
Vote ANC, stop complaining
The ANC will probably win in most places especially in wards that have been rocked by massive service delivery protests. It baffles me why people will vote for the ANC on 18 May then come July they will be protesting, barricading roads and burning tyres. It is very stupid. If you are unhappy with the ANC, show your unhappiness at the polls, eish, Black people! You vote ANC, you must stop complaining, darn it.
Vote rainbow nation, Vote SA
Makisto enters the fray
I am sick and tired of people telling me they will be voting for the ANC because of struggle icons. I am also sick and tired of people saying they will not vote for the DA because it’s led by a White person. I am equally fed up with people voting for the ANC only to protest a few weeks later, you vote ANC you give them a chance to enrich themselves then look at you later.
Lest we forget about alleged white collar crimes
I am also sick and tired of people saying they are not going to the polls. Who do you want to take decisions about the future of your country? You don’t have to vote for the top two parties, there are over 100 political parties in South Africa for crying out loud. I am also sick and tired of the ANC playing the invalid race card! I am also sick and tired of White people playing miss goody two shoes saying theirs is the best political party. Why aren’t they releasing the survey results? We know most White people claim to care about Black people when they speak with them but when they turns their backs, they badmouth Black people.
Vote for your future
At the end of the day, you need to go to the polls, play a crucial role with your 1 vote, vote for whatever party, the point is, you will be shaping your country by casting your vote. Don’t even think of spoiling (unmarked) the ballot. It’s about your future. As for me, I will be voting for a political party that will carve up the kind of South Africa I want my daughter to grow up in. Not voting isn’t an option.
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Pictures through the lens of various websites on the net. Makisto sends out his politically correct love to all web content managers for programming the pictures in such a way that I can politically copy them.