COPE in Mpumalanga says Premier David Mabuza and President Jacob Zuma must both go

COPE in Mpumalanga says Premier David Mabuza and President Jacob Zuma must both go

COPE in Mpumalanga supports the call by the Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa that President Jacob Zuma must either resign on his own accord or be recalled as a presidential candidate for the May elections.

COPE in Mpumalanga urge for the same to happen to the provincial premier, David Mabuza for having undermined the people of the province by failing to give them the expected service delivery.

“As COPE we appreciate the fact that the institute has already written to the ANC’s Secretary General, Gwende Mantashe saying the findings by the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, that Zuma had unduly benefited from state-funded work on his private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal and the shadow of corruption charges linked to the 1999 arms deal, made him (Zuma) unfit for the post.” Sizile Ndlovu said. 

"We would urge you and your colleagues on the National Executive Committee [NEC] of the ANC to reconsider the implications of persisting with JZ [Jacob Zuma] as your presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections and to give serious attention to recalling him as presidential candidate if he does not opt to voluntarily resign," the institute's director Paul Hoffman wrote to the ANC.

COPE in Mpumalanga says Zuma and Mabuza must go together because the latter has failed the people of the province and even made a shocking claim that the province had spent over R12-billion in the past five years for development such as road infrastructure but the roads in the province remain in a shocking state, with small dams that are called potholes.

This province has seen a number of service delivery protests some of which resulted in the death of innocent community members and this was because people were not getting services such as water.

COPE in Mpumalanga says the protests have taken place since Mabuza took office in 2009 and they are still continuing which is proof enough that the honourable premier has indeed failed.

“Everyday when one reads any newspaper service delivery problems are usually the ones leading especially here in Mpumalanga. The problem is obviously with the ruling party under the leadership of Mr.  Mabuza. We call on the voters to look back and reflect to all the problems related to water, roads and others in the province in order to realise what a better way forward would be,” said COPE Mpumalanga premier candidate, Sizile Ndlovu.    

Mabuza and Zuma both compromised under the circumstances and could not therefore exercise the fulfilment of their obligations any further.