Mashatile must stop uMkhonto we Sizwe’s violent plan for JHB
11 September 2017
The DA calls on the ANC’s Leader in Gauteng, Paul Mashatile, to prevent politically motived acts of intimidation and violence by the ANC’s uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) in the City of Johannesburg.
This follows the alleged distribution of a message by the MKMVA to its members, calling on them to “intensify” the “struggle to reclaim power” in the City of Johannesburg in order to support the ANC’s Motion of No Confidence in the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba.
These intensified efforts will most likely mean violent protest, which will be held outside Council on the 27th of September 2017.
Regrettably, we have witnessed these thuggish acts of intimidation from the ANC before. Earlier this year, public consultations of the City’s Integrated Development Plan were marred by politically motivated acts of violence aimed at preventing these crucial public consultations. This was due to the ANC distributing a message to its members calling on them to prevent peaceful public consultations. Importantly, the message also instructs ANC members not to wear party attire so as to make them less identifiable.