SACP Western Cape "Condemns the second coming of Dompas"

The South Africa Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape Province decries the vile reintroduction of race control discrimination in Worcester, Boland.

The implementation of a Dompas system (green card) in Worcester adds further evidence to a growing trend of working class repression in the Western Cape. This has no place in South Africa and cannot be justified.

More so, the Democratic Alliances' (DA's) malicious attempts to champion an investigation into this matter is nothing but a mere attempt to cover the continuous and growing occurrences of racist discrimination in the Province.

The actions and reactions of the DA's MEC for Safety and Security, Dan Plato speaks for itself. According to Plato: "I talked predominantly to coloured people and they say the system is not racist. They say people are taking this out of proportion, the card is a reference card for work only." This confirms that the DA, a neoliberal offshoot of Verwoedian, Malanian and Vorster's ideology justifies and protects racism. This racist attitude is being propelled by anti-majoritarian privileged elites, residing and operating in the enclaves that completely separated from a transforming South Africa.

It is through the DA Provincial Administration that these backward adherents of racism have found their home. Therefore any attempts by the DA to fool the public and gain sympathy and understanding must be dismissed.

As the SACP we call on the national government to immediately intervene and investigate this disgusting practice. We further call on the South African Human Rights Commission to act decisively in its findings so that the instigators of this backward practice may be bought to book.

Statement issued by Masonwabe Sokoyi, SACP Western Cape Provincial Spokesperson, March 11 2015

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