President Cyril Ramaphosa with Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi and SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila.
The Tripartite Alliance, the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) decided to put differences aside to ensure that the ruling party emerges victorious during the provincial and general elections this month.
This was cemented during Workers’ Day celebration at Athlone Stadium in the Western Cape when President Cyril Ramaphosa, SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila and Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi all sang the same chorus that the ANC is the only party that can emancipate people from all forms of depression urging the masses not to subject themselves to amnesia and be destructed by opposition parties are plotting to remove the ruling party from power.
Addressing the May Day Rally, President Ramaphosa said the ANC is the only bull that is equal to the task accusing the opposition parties of running around like little dogs claiming that the ruling party will not obtain more that 50% votes after the much-anticipated elections.
“They don’t know us. They hear about us in the newspapers. They hear about us on television. Many of them look down on us. We must go out in numbers to show them who the ANC is, that in this country there is one bull and that bull is the ANC. They must stop undermining the ANC. They are going to see us come May 29. We say come and we shall show them,” Ramaphosa said.
“The workers of this country and the people of this country are not going to allow the ANC to go below 50%. They are working for an outright majority of the ANC. The ANC is going to show you because that is one organisation that has proven over the last 30 years that it cares for the people of this country, having led our people as a whole to bring this country where it is.”
He also urged all workers, firstly in the Western Cape and the broader South Africa as workers, that there is one political organisation that has advanced the interests of the workers saying it is the ANC.
“All the others that are out in the field campaigning do not have the good intentions to advance the rights of the workers like the ANC has done in the government. As we go to the polls, therefore, I want to rally workers to be active volunteers of the ANC, to go out and make sure that we achieve this decisive victory that awaits us because on the 29th of May the ANC, and for those who think the ANC will not emerge victorious, the ANC will emerge victorious,” he said.
SACP boss Mapaila said the elections would be vital, not only for the ANC and the people, but were international and were against manipulation.
“That is why the people of our country must know if the ANC loses the elections the setback in this country will be sentimental. We should make no mistake. We are going all out to vote for the ANC as allies. These coming elections are so crucial for us. It is crucial that we come out in our numbers, all our family members, to participate in this important vote,” Mapaila said.
Cosatu president Losi acknowledged that workers in the country faced challenges however not all was lost because there were some hard won victories while celebrating 30 years of democracy. “All these victories were only possible when we stand strong and united as a federation (and) when we understand who continues to stand with us in the trenches. It is not the DA, it is not MK, it is not EFF, it is not the Action Campaign. It is not any other political party except the ANC,” she said.
“We do understand there are many challenges the workers are dealing with.
We understand there are still inequalities in our society. We understand we must address issues of electricity and energy. We understand that we need to deal with Transnet and all other important state-owned enterprises that drive the agenda of our economy.”
She thanked the ANC for supporting workers against all odds.
Buffalo soldier President Cyril Ramaphosa urged workers to vote for the ANC.
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