Johnathan Paoli
EFF Gauteng Provincial Chairperson Nkululeko Dunga has outlined the rising growth of the party in the country’s largest voting province and the recent conflict in Ekurhuleni as illustrating jealousy and a sense of threat from those organisations his party is in coalition with in government.
Dunga was engaging members of the media off stage ahead of the party’s provincial Manifesto Launch rally at Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.
Dunga said the party’s gaining of 13.4% of votes in the last elections, was a sign of confidence, particularly from the people of Gauteng, as it was above the average growth of the EFF on a national level.
“We have seen serious growth in the economy from fighters across the regions, more particularly now that we are more active participants in the different spheres of government,” he said.
He said this party consistently showed the successes of an EFF that is in government, a responsive organisation when it comes to the issues of service delivery, to the dissatisfaction of those the party had “configured” a government with.
Dunga has alleged a sense of “overshadowing” in relation to other parties which resulted in bullying and other forms of extortion in order to get the EFF to agree with certain “in the shadows” agendas.
He said that systematic examples of failures which found expression across the province was a sign for the desperate need for change and that the only solution would be to vote for the EFF, and an end to load shedding.
Dunga said that the ending of load shedding would be the first priority should the party come into power, due to its fundamental role in the growth and industry of the province as well as the country.
The chairperson said that coalitions could be an effective mechanism for transformation as long as it was spearheaded by a sincere desire for advancing a sustainable and functional change to governance.
Meanwhile, the FF+, UDM and PAC launched their national manifestos in Pretoria, Midrand and Soweto respectively on Saturday.
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