'He's the devil': De Lille gives Zuma horns
Western Cape DA leader Patricia de Lille says President Jacob Zuma is "possessed of the devil". She was addressing about 300 apple packers at Arbeidsvreugde in the Overberg region of the Western Cape yesterday."President Jacob Zuma has insulted the Western Cape. He has called our people snakes. He must be possessed of the devil," she told the cheering crowd in Afrikaans.But the assembled farmworkers kept their wildest applause for when De Lille said the DA would increase the child grant.She also praised the hard work of farmworkers in the Western Cape, saying that the whole world ate the apples they packed.Addressing the crowd from on top of a forklift, she called on Western Cape voters to choose the DA above the ANC."They have already messed up eight provinces. They have messed up Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth. We cannot allow them to mess up the Cape as well," she told the roaring crowd.De Lille promised better health facilities for the Villiersdorp area, as well as sports facilities to keep unoccupied youth from loitering in the streets.She joined workers in packing apples, securing the support of voter Rosaline Jonkers."I am definitely voting DA on Wednesday," said Jonkers...
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