DA afraid of water

The feisty former hack turned career politician lay the charge under the Gatherings Act because a bunch of big bad ANC supports blocked a public road during her failed attempt to visit the Prez’s private home. A group of ANC supporters sang as they waited for her to leave the Nkandla police station on Sunday shouting “hamba” (leave). The poor police managed to arrest one drunk ANC supported, supposedly for being disorderly. Earlier reports suggest it was the police themselves that prevented Zille and her entourage from approaching Mkandla homestead on Sunday morning.
Observers said the DA did not look as though they were up to a fight when two water cannons and several armoured Nyala vehicles arrived on the scene. Police formed a human chain across the road as the song Awulethu Mshini Wami (Bring me my machine gun) was blaring from a sound system nearby.
Earlier the presidency said the planned visit was “mischievous”. The rebuke cameafter the DA said it would deliver letters from Limpopo learners to Zuma at his Nkandla residence. The residence has recently been in the news when it became known that surprisingly large amounts of money have been paid to install an elevator and bulletproof glass to the private compound. Documents suggest taxpayers have paid almost R250m towards the improvements to the polygamist’s private sanctuary.
In reaction to the planned visit the president said in a statement: “The Director General in the Presidency advised the DA that they were welcome to deliver any communication to the Presidency at his offices at Union Buildings, Pretoria, or Tuynhuys, Cape Town, where the offices of the President of the RSA are located. To this end, he advised the DA to make suitable arrangements with his office,” said the Presidency.
The Presidency noted that since then the DA had informed the media that a delegation of their leadership proposed to visit Nkandla to inspect the upgrade to the President’s residence and the area.
“The Presidency is and has always been steadfast in its commitment to maintaining courteous and constructive working relations with all political parties. In this instance regrettably the Presidency is left with the impression that the DA’s conduct smacks of a disingenuous publicity gimmick.
“We reiterate that the DA should deliver any communication they wish to send to the President’s offices and not his residence, otherwise their motives remain highly questionable and mischievous.”