Ramaphosa worried about 'tribalistic tones' in Tshwane protests
21 June 2016
Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned against tribalism in the wake of the violence that erupted in the Tshwane metro.
Protesters unhappy about the ANC's nomination of former minister Thoko Didiza as mayoral candidate have set fire to buildings and overturned vehicles in and around Tshwane since Monday.
"We are very, very concerned that this whole problem is beginning to acquire tribalistic type of tones, where it is suggested that someone who was born in another province, but lives in a city, in a metro like Pretoria, should not be the mayoral candidate of Tshwane," he said.
"Now this goes against the values that we always sought to embrace as a people and as a nation.