EFF STATEMENT ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE JOBURG METRO MAYOR VOTE

Wednesday, 04 December, 2019

The EFF notes, with sadness, the outcome of the Johannesburg Council Mayoral Vote which has resulted in the corrupt ANC winning the race. It is evident from the results that the DA caucus, together with other smaller opposition parties voted for the corrupt ANC. The DA's three Council members aided Goeff Makhubo of the corrupt ANC to become the mayor.

This is a sad day indeed for the residents of Johannesburg who in 2016 voted the ANC out of the metro. The opposition parties, together with the DA, have now brought the same rejected ANC through a backdoor.

The ANC will undoubtedly continue its looting of state resources with impunity. They will continue nepotism and neoliberal tenderepreneurship largely based on reversing gains like insourcing and the opening of clinics for 24 hours.

We want to express appreciation to the EFF Johannesburg caucus for their unity against the ANC. They voted as a single, united and disciplined force of the left. This demonstrates the EFF as the only stable and united political party that our people can rely on for many gains.

We will remain in the opposition benches. We are not scared of the DA aided corrupt ANC.

The EFF is the only party that can take the ANC head on. We will take them toe to toe, on both the ground and in the boardrooms. We shall never retreat to hold them accountable, exposing at all times their parasitic and greedy ways.

We call on residents of Johannesburg to be resolute and increase their votes in a definitive way in 2021 in favor of the EFF, so that we can put the ANC in their place, once and for all.

Statement issued by the Economic Freedom Fighters, 4 December 2019