GOOD speech by Shaun August,
GOOD: National Organiser and Member of the Western Cape Provicial Parliament
South Africa’s democracy was achieved through bloodshed, sacrifice and tears; the pain of it being felt by our countrymen and women to this day and still affects every part of our lives. The new dawn promised to bring equality and greater access to opportunities and build a nation that reflects the aspirations of our people.
Speaker,
A united South Africa will:
- not use service delivery as an enabler for discrimination,
- not distinguish between the haves and have -nots on the allocation of municipal budgets and resources, and
- not use poverty to determine to what extend citizens need government support. DA-led municipalities in this province makes achieving a non-racial and united South Africa a pipe dream as their budget and IDP’s sow further division, entrench poverty and criminalise “not having”.
How many citizens in this province experiences double standards when it comes to service delivery?
How many rural municipalities sees growth in their affluent areas, and the poorer communities are left behind?
How many areas in the City of Cape Town are falling apart, thinking about:
Langa, where concrete roads are still being used by the community, and
Gugulethu, where dilapidated infrastructure has been in use for decades.
Homelessness is criminalized by this very City the DA-uses as its benchmark for good governance. A city where a call to prayer is considered noise pollution.
Hon. Speaker,
When it comes to unity and non-racialism, we need to accept cultural, religious and traditional differences, build tolerance and celevrate our diversity.
DA-led municipalities have shown that sowing seeds of division is far is more important than unifying.
For South Africa to unite, DA-municipalities in this province should commit to a budget that reflects the needs of the have-nots, deliver equal services and not discriminate against the majority poor.
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