You can’t vote DA and insult ANC - Mantashe
African National Congress (ANC) chairperson Gwede Mantashe has told protestors at the party’s manifesto launch that they cannot vote for the DA and then insult the ANC.
Mantashe’s remarks come after attempts by protestors to disrupt his closing remarks.
“You don’t vote the DA into power and insult the ANC. It doesn’t work that way. You don’t vote the DA into power and insult the ANC. No it doesn’t work that way.
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“Vote the ANC and then you acquire the right to insult and shout at the ANC at the height of your voice. We’re accepting what you’re raising in that if you vote correctly and you bring back the ANC to govern Tshwane, one of the priorities is to address these problems.”
#ANCManifesto ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, speaks to protestors who came to raise grievances about the DA in the City.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) September 27, 2021
He says voters must vote the ANC in the upcoming elections to correct the wrong done by the DA. pic.twitter.com/xGJs0nQo9B
Ahead of party president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address, a sizeable number of ANC supporters came out to protest the poor working conditions in the City of Tshwane.
Among many of the placards carried by the included one with a message for the DA.
#ANCManifesto ANC supporters carrying a banner with a message to the DA. pic.twitter.com/dbmD78fP9f
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) September 27, 2021
In 2016, the ANC lost the City of Tshwane to the DA.
However the party is adamant that they will snatch the city back from the DA during the local elections on November 1.