Give people 24-hour clinics, not bread per household, Malema tells Ramaphosa

EFF leader Julius Malema told President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament on Thursday to prioritise round-the-clock public clinics over “bread per house” politics.

The exchange took place during Ramaphosa’s oral reply session in the National Assembly at the Nieuwmeester Dome in Cape Town.

It came in the same week that a video clip — in which a woman dressed in ANC regalia is seen telling community members to take “one loaf [for] one family, from the ANC” — went viral.

Bread does not heal the sick, clinics do, said Malema.

“Our people want clinics and health facilities that are in good condition,” Malema told Ramaphosa.

He reminded the House that the EFF tabled a private member’s bill in 2018 that would require clinics to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The proposal was ultimately rejected.