Question to the President: Nkandla saga by Mr Bantu Holomisa, MP and UDM President
Honourable Speaker
Mr President and Mr Deputy President,
Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Honourable Members
Mr President, in the context of your report to the Speaker of the National Assembly, your posture, your claim of innocence and your commitment to correcting any wrongs that have been found and reported to by the various investigations into the Nkandla saga;
Do you think you can, as head of state, make the work of the Ad hoc Committee easier by voluntarily presenting yourself to the committee and present your report in person?
Thank you
I’d say, if there’s only one time to nail the ANC, it is right now. Zuma has done the opposition so much favour with his corrupt activities.
The political landscape of South Africa needs to change, and people and organization like UDM should take advantage of that. Everyone once loved ANC you and me included, but not anymore because of the current ledership of the ANC and all the shady dealings the rulling party is involved in. This is your chance to contribute meaningfully to SA. We shouldn’t be seeing you only during eletions, that’s what is failing you as the opposition, be relevant and continuously engage with people in grassroots and it is where your votes are at. There’s isn’t an alternative to the ANC, untill
you go to the people and capitalize on Zuma’s scandals, I mean the man has done his own party so bad. But there you are, resting waiting for the election time. Njengele, you can lead SA and your movement is credible, you just need to go to the people and convince them.
Yhea, SA is a democretic country, but we still don’t seee DA as the alternative, given the fact hat they are the crumbs of the nationalist party, as black South Africans we do not trust the DA, but we happen to trow our votes to it, given what the ANC has become.
I’m not into politics and not a card carrying member of any party, but I do vote everytime there’s elections.
what we cannot do, is watch SA being bankruted by one individual.
Good luck General,
Dear Lulama
It is true; President Zuma is protected by his cronies no matter what he does, or does not, do.
1) Regarding the Nkandla debacle, ruling party leaders have said that there is “internal pressure” on him to “pay something” and that this amount will be decided upon by ministers. This is hogwash. To “pay something”, and then let his comrades-in-corruption decide how much, is a poor attempt by the ruling party to pacify our people and to take international eyes off South Africa. They underestimate the intelligence of our people and use cheap magic tricks to convince South Africans that he is above the law.
2) I recently read that a Facebook-user said (and I paraphrase) – “what’s on with this “spy tapes”, surely it must be CDs by now”.
After many years of, which has been described as “highly imaginative resistance”, the Supreme Court of Appeal has said that the NPA must produce the spy tapes. This seems to represent the end of his legal route… but we then ask: What “highly imaginative resistance” will be next on the ruling party’s agenda?” Even though the DA believes that this is their baby only, President Zuma must come clean to a waiting public.
3) To complete his *current* hat-trick of troubles, action needs to be taken against Pansy Tlakula (the IEC’s chairperson that President Zuma appointed), for her misdeeds when she was the chief electoral officer. What “highly imaginative resistance” will the ruling party conjure up to get past this one?
On a side-issue, the aforementioned beggars the question: If President Zuma is perceived to be above the law, how does that differ from ordinary South Africans using civil disobedience to make themselves heard? Why are they so harshly punished, but President Zuma gets away scot free every time? Just to clarify, the UDM does not condone civil disobedience at all, but we have sympathy with those who see no other way to make the ruling party government listen to their plight.
I could not agree with you more, the ANC of today is a far cry from that of yesteryear. The political landscape of this country must evolve into a state were two political parties (that box in the same class) vie for power as it is in other stable democracies around the world.
This is the ultimate goal the UDM has set itself. We plan to convince voters that the UDM, based on its track-record, is the only credible alternative party. We also agree with your view that the DA will never rid itself of its political baggage.
The UDM has not rested on its laurels, but I get your statement about political parties only featuring during election time. Despite our long-term plans, we can’t get around the fact that our immediate goal is the 2016 local government elections. We have plans underway to continuously engage with South Africans at grassroots level and to enhance our presence in the media. We won’t rest until we’ve reached our ultimate goal to be the only credible alternative in South Africa.
Thank you for the personal compliment in your message – it makes my job easier to know that my party and I have support out there.
Please feel free to engage me on this forum; I like a good debate.
All the best to you
Bantu Holomisa