Premier Sihle Zikalala can’t walk the talk at his peace walk
14 September 2021
Today’s “peace walk” by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Sihle Zikalala in Phoenix was nothing more than a desperate political stunt ahead of the elections.
The Premier and his cabinet wasted no time during the July unrest to vilify, demonise and scapegoat the people of Phoenix for what was clearly the ANC’s internal factional battles playing out on the streets of KZN and the failure of the government to quell the violence and disorder.
Where was the Premier a month ago when Phoenix was on fire and people were losing their lives?
Since the unrest broke out, the message from the ANC was that the Phoenix riots and killings were racial and brazenly blamed the Indian community. To now hold a peace march long after the fact doesn’t fool the residents of KZN. Now that the elections are around the corner, the ANC wants this community to forget the race-baiting which it subjected the Indian community to.