Zille's day of our lies, lies and more lies! A response to the SOPA 2014
Zille has turned the Western Cape State of the Province Address into a soap opera worthy of being called 'Day of our Lies'. On Friday in her address she affirmed what we have come to expect of her over the past five years of DA government in the province; when she can't sell her politics of deception, lies and media-spin, she resorts to the politics of deflection aka it wasn't me. This abdication of responsibility and accountability is untenable. The people of the Western Cape are gatvol (fed-up) of her antics and deserve better.
Her first lie is that 'support for small enterprises in the Western Cape and attempts to cut red tape to boost investment and employment is part of the province's "good story" to tell'. What is good about closing down the entire SMME support structure in the province, leaving thousands of SMME's out on a limb, hung out to dry on a Winde day?
Her second lie is 'the national government's obstructive attitude to the Western Cape's attempts to implement policies and projects...' On the contrary it is Zille's DA government that has been obstructing delivery and failed to implement the policies and projects for which national government has provided the funding. The examples are endless but include housing, land restitution, SMME support and agriculture. Equally so is her stubborn refusal to work with all the national safety and security agencies and legitimate community structures in an integrated manner to fight crime, snubbing the SAPS, NPA and various intelligence and investigative agencies with her go it alone approach.
The third lie is the Western Cape story. Yes, it is really a good story to tell for the few mainly white privileged. Just think of Zille's pale male Cabinet; and her policy of fit for purpose which in reality means "wit for purpose " in which she replaced capable black managers with white managers in her administration; all the young wasps (white and so preppie school) that she brought into managerial jobs; her coterie of white advisors that have made their home in her administration, the legion of white contractors and rent-a-black white fronts, and established white business that have had a field day with Zille's good story.
Her fourth lie is her "story of real, sustainable jobs being created through investment, because there is confidence in the future." The Western Cape in fact is the only province that lost jobs, 37 000 jobs to be exact in 2013. Even the 40 000 EPWP opportunities that she claimed, it turns out cannot be substantiated. Just ask zig Zak Mbhele who has been unable to give a straight answer on the matter after many days of enquiry.