Scores of African National Congress (ANC) Youth League members have gathered exterior Luthuli House in Johannesburg forward of the Democratic Alliance’s march.
The league members have vowed to defend their social gathering’s headquarters towards any menace.
The DA will march previous Luthuli House to protest towards rolling blackouts. It blames the nation’s vitality disaster on the ANC’s cadre deployment coverage.
Members of the ANCYL have gathered exterior Luthuli home, they’ve vowed to defend the social gathering’s headquarters towards the DA which is marching to it over what they name an ANC- engineered electrical energy disaster. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/hQsxcM244u
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Tlangi Mogale from the league’s job workforce says the DA needs to be marching to the workplaces of presidency or Eskom.
“No political party can think that they can just wake up and march to another political party’s headquarters. I mean if that was the modus operandi there would be no peace in this country. Inherently political parties will always find a way of campaigning against each other and we view this as campaigning for the 2024 elections. If they have a memorandum of issues they want to submit they can go to Eskom. It is just here at Megawatt Park, not at ANC Luthuli House.”
DA March | ANCYL members vow to defend Luthuli House in face of DA protest: Tlangi Mogale
The present rolling blackouts, in accordance to the DA, are the results of the ANC’s cadre deployment coverage.
Members of some civil society organisations have additionally joined the march, which is protesting the ANC’s “engineered rolling blackouts,” in accordance to the DA.
The DA’s Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube says the ANC has ignored their shared options to the nation’s vitality disaster.
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Several streets within the Johannesburg CBD will probably be closed forward of the Democratic Alliance (DA) march on Wednesday morning.
Police on alert
Meanwhile, the Joburg Metro police say they continue to be on alert as 1000’s of DA members start to march from Newtown in Johannesburg.
The JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says, “They will travel from MFG east on Lilian Ngoyi street and turn right onto Harrison street. They will gather in Bayers Naude square where they will be addressed by the organisation’s leadership. They will then march back to MFG square using Helen Joseph street. They will disperse at 1pm in the afternoon. Officers are present to monitor the march and regulate traffic. They will assist motorists to divert from the affected routes, They will monitor for disruptions.”
Several streets in Johannesburg CBD closed forward of DA’s march to Luthuli home: Mbalenhle Mthethwa
