By: Natasha Archary

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced plans to file a complaint with the Public Protector against President Cyril Ramaphosa over what the party calls manipulation of public resources.
DA Leader John Steenhuisen said the African National Congress (ANC), under Ramaphosa in a desperate election campaign has promised 500 000 skills training and job opportunities at the expense of the taxpayer.
This comes after Ramaphosa made the promise at an ANC campaign event on Saturday, 13 April and it’s something the DA will not stand for.
“The ANC in Gauteng already used a jobs manipulation scam called Nasi iSpani for campaigning, promising hundreds of thousands of jobs but which actually uses taxpayer money to dish out positions to ANC cadres.
These schemes are just the latest attempts by the ANC to manipulate the people at taxpayers expense.
We urge the Public Protector to urgently investigate this abuse of taxpayer funds for the purposes of election manipulation.
It’s time to hold the ANC accountable for scamming this country.”
Steenhuisen said the collapse of the ANC in all credible opinion polls shows that the people of South Africa are tired of being manipulated.
The DA leader believes that South Africans are tired of being abused by selfish people who lie to them before elections, but then break all their promises the day after.
According to Steenhuisen, there is only one party that has a track record of good, clean and accountable government and that is the DA.
“The people of South Africa know that the time for change has come.
There is only one party that keeps its word, that does what it says it will, that sticks to the rules and that treats everyone fairly, and that is the DA.
We all know that the ANC will not abolish the cadre deployment system that keeps honest people locked out of jobs – but the DA will.
We all know that Ramaphosa will never lock up the state capture crooks sitting around his own Cabinet table – but I will.
We all know that the ANC will never confront the criminals they have released back onto the streets – but we will!
It is because of our proven track record of getting things done, that the DA’s offer in this election is credible.”
DA leader John Steenhuisen
There is only one party with a sustained track record of good, clean and accountable government, and that is the DA.
— John Steenhuisen MP (@jsteenhuisen) April 17, 2024
There is only one party that keeps its word, that does what it says it will, that sticks to the rules and that treats everyone fairly, and that is the DA. pic.twitter.com/56CRt0EROC
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