ANC WATERS DOWN INVESTIGATION

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ANC waters down investigation
2009-10-07 21:07

Cape Town - A week-long investigation by the ANC has failed to come up with evidence of genuine water cut-offs in the Cape Town suburb of Mitchell's Plain.

Instead, the party on Wednesday issued a statement saying it had discovered more complaints about water were logged from the area last month than from relatively affluent Sea Point.

Last week Western Cape premier and Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille charged that ANC members had arranged fake water cuts ahead of a visit by Co-operative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka to Mitchell's Plain, a historically coloured area.

After the visit Shiceka warned that national government would have to step in if Zille's administration and the DA-controlled city failed to deliver basic services.

ANC probe metamorphoses

The provincial ANC said in response to Zille that its interim leadership, led by Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana, had launched an "urgent investigation" into her claims.

"If it is proven that Premier Zille is spreading lies, the ANC Western Cape will expect her to do the honourable thing and publish an apology and explanation," the party said.

By Wednesday, however, the ANC investigation had metamorphosed into a probe into "allegations by the DA that the ANC was exaggerating the extent of the water crisis in Mitchell's Plain".
 
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isede said:
hahhaha this crazy . I will have a heart-attack at an early age if I keep on reading these stories from Premier Zille.

NB : i added premier so that I would not be labelled as a racist and so forth by some lunatics around here .
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isede said:
I heard the story in the morning and it seems like ol premier is making things up . But I will have to get some info from my pals who are well informed in the party . I wont rule out foul play but from what I heard , its a case of embarassment .
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Hmmm....
 
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RoMark, Not easy to read that, nice that you have the ability with BB code, but hard to read.. have a look at other examples of quoting here, for help.
 
@Balstrome: I apologise, but I did a normal copy and paste and that is the way it came out. I tried to edit it to better the structure,but could not. I did look at FAQ, but as attachments is not aloud and I'm not very experienced is this set-up, I botched it.
One again my apologies.
 
RoMark said:
@Balstrome: I apologise, but I did a normal copy and paste and that is the way it came out. I tried to edit it to better the structure,but could not. I did look at FAQ, but as attachments is not aloud and I'm not very experienced is this set-up, I botched it.
One again my apologies.
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is no problem Do a [ quote ] insert quote [ / quote ] with no spaces between the []'s if you get what I means.
 
Just pasting original story so I can read it:

Cape Town - A week-long investigation by the ANC has failed to come up with evidence of genuine water cut-offs in the Cape Town suburb of Mitchell's Plain.

Instead, the party on Wednesday issued a statement saying it had discovered more complaints about water were logged from the area last month than from relatively affluent Sea Point.

Last week Western Cape premier and Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille charged that ANC members had arranged fake water cuts ahead of a visit by Co-operative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka to Mitchell's Plain, a historically coloured area.

After the visit Shiceka warned that national government would have to step in if Zille's administration and the DA-controlled city failed to deliver basic services.

ANC probe metamorphoses

The provincial ANC said in response to Zille that its interim leadership, led by Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana, had launched an "urgent investigation" into her claims.

"If it is proven that Premier Zille is spreading lies, the ANC Western Cape will expect her to do the honourable thing and publish an apology and explanation," the party said.

By Wednesday, however, the ANC investigation had metamorphosed into a probe into "allegations by the DA that the ANC was exaggerating the extent of the water crisis in Mitchell's Plain".
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ROFL, petty politicking by the people that work for us.
This government really needs to be taught that they work for us.
Unfortunately, we're too dumb to stand together and teach them that lesson.
 
"If it is proven that Premier Zille is spreading lies, the ANC Western Cape will expect her to do the honourable thing and publish an apology and explanation," the party said.
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That is big coming from the ANC...
 
I loved this bit. Utter proof that the legacy of Bantu Education is still being felt:

More people in Mitchell's Plain

The party said in its statement that the city's water complaints helpline logged 555 calls from Mitchell's Plain residents last month.

"In the same period, the helpline received 18 complaints from Sea Point residents and 26 complaints from the City Bowl," it said.

"The number of complaints from Mitchell's Plain is believed to represent the tip of a proverbial iceberg."

The statement quoted Mdladlana as saying it was clear Cape Town's poor residents were expected to shut up and put up with poor services.

"For how long are poor people expected to tolerate such unfairness?" he asked.

According to the city's website, the 2001 census showed there were 283 196 people living in Mitchell's Plain. There were 13 390 in Sea Point.
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18/13 390 = 0.0013%
555/283 196 = 0.0019%

So pretty much the exact same ratio of complaints in both areas. Stupid, stupid, stupid ANC.

At least, let's hope it's stupidity and not dishonesty...
 
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