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THE Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng Solly Msimanga accuses the Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi of using the unemployment crisis in the province as an electioneering tool by offering jobs to former Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) members ahead of this year’s general elections.
Msimanga said “this is another desperate attempt by Lesufi to bolster his party’s chances of being in government for another five years”.
“At an ANC gathering, Lesufi told his party members that they would be training all former MK veterans to fight crime in the province. The Premier is unwilling to separate party and state in this flagrant attempt to abuse the power of his office for members of his party.
“It shows that the current government is not interested in ensuring that all unemployed residents can find employment in the public sector by reserving jobs for card-carrying members of the ruling party,” he said.
“For far too long, the DA has been proposing the implementation of the lottery system to ensure that all jobs initiated by the government are allocated fairly and transparently”.
Msimanga said the DA will be tabling questions in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) to determine the exact criteria being used to recruit people for the Nasi iSpani programme.
Lesufi will on Tuesday deliver letters of employment to 32000 job seekers in Dobsonville Stadium , Soweto.
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