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*AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS*
GAUTENG PROVINCE****
*****Walter Sisulu House*
*No. 94 Commissioner Street*
*Tel : (011) 227 9303*
*6th Floor
Fax : 0865819223*
*Johannesburg
email: [email protected]*
*2000 *
*Date 5 JULY 2011*
*ANC GAUTENG PROVINCE – PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*THE ANC GAUTENG CONDEMNS THE BURNING OF COUNCILLORS HOUSES IN SOWETO . *
The ANC Gauteng condemns the burning of the houses of councilor Joe
Nemaungane and former councilor Mirriam Ramafola in Tshiawelo – Soweto
today. We call upon the South African Police Service (SAPS) to move swiftly
to arrest the culprits. The ANC Gauteng cannot tolerate anarchy and
vandalism of councillors houses by rogue elements. The incident of torching
of the councilors houses was triggered by a mob protesting against cut offs
of electricity due to illegal connections in the area. ****
There is no justification to burn the houses of councilors because Eskom is
responsible for electricity connections. The ANC councilors had nothing to
hide and have called many meetings to explain to communities about the
dangers of illegal electricity connections. Now that electricity
transformer failed because of overload and the mob blames the councilors. *
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No amount of frustration and anger should license protestors to take the law
into their own hands. We are just fresh from local government elections, the
ink has not even dried from the ballot papers arsonist are undermining the
popular mandate of the ANC councilors to improve the lives of ordinary
people. We can conclude that the burning of houses is purely motivated by
criminal inclination and hatred of the ANC.****
Any violent conduct and burning of houses of councilors to highlight certain
demands cannot be accepted because it is tantamount to anarchy and disorder.
The majority of the people voted overwhelmingly because they want to
strengthen democracy and any violent conduct reverses all the gains. We call
upon ANC structures and communities to protect their public representatives
and become more vigilant against destroyers of democracy. ****
*For more information contact Mr Dumisa Ntuli at 0715260598 or (011) 227
9303. *****
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