Marcus Moloko
Civic group StandUpSA and youth-led movement Enough Is Enough will march to the Union Buildings on Monday under the hashtag RamaphosaMustGo, to demand the immediate resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The march, approved by the Tshwane Metro police, will begin at Church Square in Pretoria and proceed to the Union Buildings, where leaders will hand over a memorandum of grievances.
The memorandum deals with governance failures, economic stagnation, and systemic corruption within the country’s government.
The groups are demands the arrest and prosecution of individuals implicated in over 60 corruption scandals across national departments and state-owned entities, which include senior ANC members.
They are also demanding a cap on foreign nationals in employment, specifically a reduction of foreign nationals in key sectors such as retail, hospitality, and services, from 15% (in educational institutions) to 5%, and prioritising South Africans for scarce skills roles.
They have also called for transparency in international borrowing, saying Ramaphosa must disclose all terms and conditions of foreign loans, particularly those involving the European Union and linked to the Just Energy Transition.
“South African’s are impacted by crime and corruption every day, and the government is not putting enough pressure on state organs to prosecute those implicated in corruption charges (Covid19 and Zondo Commission, etc),” read the statement from StandUpSA.
The group has demanded an SIU proclamation to probe all national and provincial housing allocation lists, including major housing projects, for corruption and maladministration.
Other demands include fair procurement reform: For a transparent and accountable procurement system that must be implemented across all government departments to prevent abuse and favouritism.
They have demanded that the presidency acknowledges the memorandum within seven working days and delivers a formal action plan within 21 working days or face increased public mobilisation.
The memorandum includes detailed references to corruption scandals ranging from the VBS Mutual Bank collapse to the PPE procurement scandal, which required legal action to recover improperly gained profits and set aside invalid contracts.
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