ANC supporters attending the Free State Siyanqoba rally have threatened to withhold their vote on 29 May should the party fail to create jobs. (Amanda Khoza/News24)
“No job, no vote,” was the ultimatum that desperate ANC supporters had for the ruling ANC in QwaQwa, Free State on Sunday.
Disgruntled supporters threatened not to vote, as they gathered at the Phuthaditjhaba Stadium ahead of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s planned visit and address at the provincial Siyanqoba rally.
Armed with placards which read: “No job, no vote!” one such voter, Serame Thabethe, from Matsikeng questioned how the ANC plans to deal with the country’s unemployment crisis.
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