ActionSA embarks on legal process to ensure ANC can’t abuse Nasi Ispani to hire election volunteers
12 July 2023
ActionSA will today embark on a comprehensive legal process to ensure that we prevent Gauteng ANC and Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, from abusing the ‘Nasi Ispani’ Provincial Government programme, as part of a program to only hire ANC cadres in the run-up to the 2024 election campaign.
It is becoming very clear to us that Lesufi and the ANC in Gauteng are desperate to make all attempts possible to retain a majority in the province in the upcoming 2024 elections. And therefore, after receiving hundreds of complaints from youth in Gauteng communities whose applications were rejected - we now have reason to believe that the ‘Nasi Ispani’ programme was always intended as a tool to hire ANC cadres to campaign in the 2024 elections.
From Mamelodi to Alexandra to Eldorado Park, ActionSA has heard the cries of thousands of youth who have been let down by the scheme with their applications reportedly dumped and never even being considered.
We simply cannot ignore these cries by our communities, which is why we have embarked on this legal process to compel the Gauteng Government to release the employment documents of all those hired under the ‘Nasi Ispani’ programme.