Land Party Condemns ANC and DA ‘Political Theatre’ Following Wave of Violence Against Women in Ekurhuleni
The Land Party has launched a scathing attack on South Africa’s leading political factions, accusing the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) of opportunistic political grandstanding following a recent surge in murders targeting women in Ekurhuleni.
In an official statement released on September 17, 2026, the party charged that the systemic failures of both the governing ANC and opposition DA have fostered an environment where violent criminals operate with complete impunity.
The Land Party challenged the DA’s anti-crime credentials, demanding that the party apply uniform operational standards across all regions.
It questioned why high-profile initiatives and financial rewards for case-breaking information are not uniformly deployed to combat entrenched bloodletting in hotbeds like the Cape Flats.
Simultaneously, the party took direct aim at state security management, rebuking Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia and the Gauteng Premier for declaring an emergency lockdown in Ekurhuleni without an active, pre-deployed tactical plan.
The party argued that publicizing security lockdowns before operational teams take up positions effectively tips off syndicate networks and perpetrators rather than neutralizing them.
Refusing to classify the tragedies as random violent crime, the Land Party explicitly characterized the targeted killings of women as calculated acts of terrorism.
The leadership noted that the premeditated nature of these assassinations points toward deeper, potentially state-de-stabilizing motives.
The statement did not rule out the involvement of covert external forces seeking to spark civil conflict and engineered chaos to manipulate democratic outcomes ahead of the upcoming election cycle on November 4, 2026.
With tensions mounting, the Land Party has urged rival political groups to halt standard partisan bickering and allow independent law enforcement investigators to carry out their duties free from media-driven theater.
The organization concluded by extending deep condolences to the affected families in Ekurhuleni while confirming it is actively mobilizing local communities to assist police intelligence units in tracking down and prosecuting the masterminds behind the attacks.
