DA wants ‘ANC to confirm or deny’ being behind billboard destruction

25 January 2016 - 14:28 By TMG Digital

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said it will lay criminal charges in the wake of the its Jobs Campaign billboard in Johannesburg being “vandalised and destroyed”. The party’s national spokesperson‚ Refiloe Nt'sekhe‚ seemed to point fingers at the African National Congress (ANC)‚ saying the “act of desperation and thuggery highly resembles the conduct of ANC councillors and members in Cape Town‚ when they ripped down the ‘Zuma Must Fall’ billboard”.The DA was widely believed to be behind the erection of the “Zuma Must Fall” banner‚ but denied it.“Given this noticeable similarity and the ANC’s vehement opposition to the billboard - which reveals the number of South Africans who have joined the ranks of the unemployed under President Zuma – we call on the ANC to urgently confirm or deny whether they are behind this destruction.”Nt'sekhe said of the Johannesburg incident: “A group broke into the building‚ and forced their way into apartments to gain access to the billboard. The full details of this assault are still emerging.“We will not be intimidated by this brazen lack of care for the unemployment crisis‚ and will now work harder than ever before to be the voice for those millions of South Africans who have been ignored by (President) Jacob Zuma and his government.”..

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