Magashule, Zuma take ANC campaigning to eThekwini
Jacob Zuma finally joined Magashule on the campaign trail in KwaZulu-Natal and spoke to residents of Lamontville at a house handover ceremony.
KWAMASHU - African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule arrived in KwaMashu township in Durban on Friday, where he started the eThekwini leg of his campaign.
Magashule met with party structures on Thursday; Jacob Zuma was meant to join him, however, the former president failed to show up on time prompting Magashule to say Zuma had other commitments.
eThekwini is the third most populated metro in the country after Johannesburg and Cape Town; of its 3.5 million people, 20% have no income and nearly half of the youth are unemployed.
The past week has seen municipal workers shutting down essential services in protest to demand higher salaries after former struggle veterans were allegedly promoted.
Magashule and Zuma were expected to diffuse tensions on Friday.
Today @PresJGZuma and I will be doing election work in KZN (EThekwini region).
— Ace Magashule (OFFICIAL) (@Magashule_Ace) May 3, 2019
Re tla utlwa gore maratahelele hloba dinkong ba tla reng ka plot. #VoteANC #ThumaMina #GrowSouthAfrica
Zuma finally joined Magashule on the campaign trail in KwaZulu-Natal and spoke to residents of Lamontville at a house handover ceremony.
Magashule, meanwhile, commended Zuma, saying he had clearly committed to campaigning for the ANC.
He also added he won’t apologise for still referring to him as president.
“Long live President Zuma, long live. Long live President Ramaphosa, long live. The media must not quote long live former president Zuma.”
#ANCEthekwini pic.twitter.com/1GDq5J59VB
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) May 3, 2019
ANC SG Cde @Magashule_Ace responds to criticism over the involvement of former Pres Cde @PresJGZuma in our election campaign #VoteANC #ThumaMina #VoteANC8May2019 pic.twitter.com/70WTff4yST
— #VoteANC (@MYANC) May 3, 2019