DA lays charge against ANC

[DJ...]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2474815,00.html

This is despicable if it is true... Bring the perpetrators to book...

Pretoria - The DA in Mpumalanga on Monday laid criminal charges against the ANC for allegedly distributing fake DA pamphlets, said a spokesperson.

A case was opened at the Middelburg police station, said Anthony Benadie.

"Charges are impersonation and false distribution," he said adding that a complaint had also been laid with the Independent Electoral Commission.

He said the Electoral Act prohibited people from "impersonating" other parties and or candidates, as well from distributing false information.

In a statement Benadie said that according to information in its possession, ANC candidate in the upcoming by-elections Jaenette Mahlangu distributed the pamphlet to pupils at the Middelburg Mine Combined School in the Steve Tshwete Municipality last Friday.

'DA wanting back permits'

"In the pamphlet, the DA is portrayed as a racist party, claiming that the DA wants to bring back the days of 'permits', in order to fight the 'Swart Gevaar'.

"The pamphlet ends with the words 'Warning: Do not show this pamphlet to your maids and garden boys... we need their votes," said Benadie.

The party labelled this "Mugabe-style propaganda" that revealed the extent to which the ruling party was willing to go to cling to power.

It also accused the African National Congress of playing "race politics" to maintain its dominance over the electorate.

"They are a disgrace to our society," said the DA.

ANC not aware of pamphlets

The ANC's provincial spokesperson Paul Mbenyane said the party was not aware of the pamphlets.

"As the ANC we printed a number of pamphlets and posters. There is no mention of any other party in our posters or pamphlets.

"The pamphlets elaborate on what the ANC can do for people after the election. This pamphlet cannot be from the ANC," said Mbenyane.

He would not comment on whether the party would investigate the source of the pamphlets.

Said Benadie: "The DA won't be intimidated and neither must the community be intimidated, we will defend our democratic space with all our worth."

Police spokesperson Inspector Lize de Wit confirmed that criminal charges had been laid.

- SAPA

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

And what will happen ........ absolutely nothing

ANC is becoming more and more like the typical African party ......

 

[BroadbandStarved]

People get your passports ready!!! Canada here I come! I'm sorry but the ANC are a bunch of bananas! What other self respecting party would allow the likes of Julius Malema to shoot his ignorant dumb ass mouth off the way he does. Sorry, but for me the writing is on the wall!! We going back to "One Bullet, One settler" Bull*****!!
Zimbabwe here we come!

 

[Freakboy]

ZIM 2.0 is around the corner, maybe after the 2010 disaster.

 

[lion_fish]

ZIM 2.0 is around the corner, maybe after the 2010 disaster.

Exactly. I give SA a max of 2 years after 2010 before it all completly falls apart.

 

[marine1]

Thats why I have been saying all along, they have to make 2010 happen. After 2010, its free reign for the ruling party. Everything for the past few years has been about 2010. Has anyone bothered to plan for after that?
Doesnt seem so.
i still maintain after 2010, this country is going to go one way.
Repaying the debt of the soccer, corruption etc.

 

[Mila]

People get your passports ready!!! Canada here I come! I'm sorry but the ANC are a bunch of bananas! What other self respecting party would allow the likes of Julius Malema to shoot his ignorant dumb ass mouth off the way he does. Sorry, but for me the writing is on the wall!! We going back to "One Bullet, One settler" Bull*****!!
Zimbabwe here we come!

jip.....

But i do not think 2010 will be the flop people want it to be.

 

[Retro]

People get your passports ready!!! Canada here I come!

Good luck in finding a job there ;-)

 

[marine1]

Yeah but remember Retro, first world countries can and will recover from this economic disaster.
we on the other hand will not recover from the greed and corruption in Africa.

 

[Sneeky]

I would wager that this is an ANC councillor or MP using their own 'initiative' to canvas votes in their area.
A peek into the warped and misguided psyche of ANC.

 

[R13...]

Exactly. I give SA a max of 2 years after 2010 before it all completly falls apart.

you wish!

 

[KirPlunk]

The ANC is a corrupt bunch of criminals who wants to get rich off the desperate hopes of their own people they so publicly "defend".

The ANC is africa's biggest enemy concerning growth and prosperity. They steal money, they lie, they rape, they are just generally exactly what you DO NOT want in a regulating body.

I wish the ANC will just fall to pieces... and fate is a weird thing, my wish might just come true, because evil never wins.

I wish the uneducated people (who are the stock of ANC's vote) can learn exactly what this "Party" actually means to them and their lives.... Pity we cannot get all 45m south africans on this thread.

 

[alloytoo]

Exactly. I give SA a max of 2 years after 2010 before it all completly falls apart.

I think you're being optimistic.

 

[PostmanPot]

*yawn*

Same crowd saying 2010 would never happen.

(P.S. @ fake DA pamphlets!)

 

[Alan]

Exactly. I give SA a max of 2 years after 2010 before it all completly falls apart.

That would beat Mugabe's 20 years to destroy a country achievement

 

[Flanders]

Who wants to join me in 'Operation Loxion Drop'? We'll air drop 1000's of "ANC" pamphlets mentioning little facts like "don't expect a house anytime in the next 15 years" and "We keep you dumb so that you vote in the scum™".

Seriously though, this is disgusting if true and it wouldn't surprise me one little bit if it were.

 

[Albereth]

I am actually getting a little sick and tired of these DA lays charges stories. Lay the damn charge and get a prosecution and then come and tell us about it.

 

[Flanders]

I am actually getting a little sick and tired of these DA lays charges stories. Lay the damn charge and get a prosecution and then come and tell us about it.

I agree. Something like this is certainly traceable. If true, the ANC will undoubtedly deny, deny, deny and claim it was the act of a counter-revolutionary third force. However, somewhere out there is a printer without scruples (in fact, I deal with them - they're often without scruples) but in this case it goes a level deeper and if the job can be traced back to them, then the customer can be traced as well. It wouldn't be easy but the evidence would exist.

 

[genetic]

ANC = Another National Crisis

 

[Albereth]

Arrest the person who committed the fraud by handing out the leaflets. I don't care how they may have been paid R50 to do so. Sling them in jail. Maybe their minds will be jogged into remembering who paid them. Then follow that chain all the way up. Cite the printers as party to the fraud.

Enough with the bleating already - we know the ANC is corrupt and that every one of its supporters favours corruption. But if the DA is going to be tough on crime then best they start getting some criminals in chookie.