It
would appear the 2014 election machinery has already been set in
motion. The Saturday Dispatch reported on allegations that a
government funded programme was being used as a campaign tool by an ANC
councillor.
Workers, who form part of the extended public works programme (EPWP) in Ngqamakhwe, were allegedly told at a meeting to get ANC membership cards. The meeting had been called to discuss work schedules. It was further alleged that workers were told not to assume the jobs were theirs since there were ANC members without work.
The implicated ANC councillor admitted asking workers to join the ANC!
These are early days for electioneering and such claims are bound to emerge as political campaigns intensify. However, allegiance to a specific party should never be a prerequisite for any job – irrespective of how low level the job might be.
Workers, who form part of the extended public works programme (EPWP) in Ngqamakhwe, were allegedly told at a meeting to get ANC membership cards. The meeting had been called to discuss work schedules. It was further alleged that workers were told not to assume the jobs were theirs since there were ANC members without work.
The implicated ANC councillor admitted asking workers to join the ANC!
These are early days for electioneering and such claims are bound to emerge as political campaigns intensify. However, allegiance to a specific party should never be a prerequisite for any job – irrespective of how low level the job might be.
In
a country where 4.6 million people are unemployed and 2.3 million are
discouraged job seekers, people are desperate to put food on the table.
However, there will also be those preying on the desperate for their own
selfish gain.
In Buffalo City Metro, another ‘jobs disgrace’ has befallen another ANC councillor. The circumstances, however, are different, with the councillor and two others accused of selling council jobs such as those as grass cutters and cleaners. To secure one of these jobs, job seekers are allegedly asked to pay between R500 and R1 500. A case of theft under false pretences has since been opened against the ANC councillor and the couple.
Political leaders should be cautioned against using deception to grow their party’s voter base, and communities need to stand up against these dishonest politicians and see that they are adequately dealt with.
In Buffalo City Metro, another ‘jobs disgrace’ has befallen another ANC councillor. The circumstances, however, are different, with the councillor and two others accused of selling council jobs such as those as grass cutters and cleaners. To secure one of these jobs, job seekers are allegedly asked to pay between R500 and R1 500. A case of theft under false pretences has since been opened against the ANC councillor and the couple.
Political leaders should be cautioned against using deception to grow their party’s voter base, and communities need to stand up against these dishonest politicians and see that they are adequately dealt with.
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