THE ANC Women’s League has leapt to Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s defence, describing the attacks on her decision to deploy Cuban engineers in South Africa as ‘outrageous’.
The women’s league said the Cuban engineers were not in South Africa to take jobs but to share experience and impart technical skills to SA water engineers.
“As the ANCWL, we are grateful for the contribution that the Cuban cohort is going to play, especially in dealing with the persistent water issue, affecting mostly women,” said the league in a statement.
The league added that minister Sisulu is absolutely correct to have engaged the Cuban engineers.
“It fits in with the continuing relations of revolutionary solidarity, support and cooperation between our two countries. It is evident that White Monopoly Capital (WMC), and their supporters/agents are not happy with this, and have launched a propaganda campaign to undermine and discredit the cooperation
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