Freedom Day celebrations ‘an insult to the majority’

The NFP believes Freedom Day remains a sore point or is an insult to the majority of the people of South Africa.

The party is of the view that South African citizens should be celebrating and commemorating Freedom Day as happy people, but this is not possible as the majority remain trapped under extreme abject poverty and many other challenges that confront them.

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NFP Secretary-General Canaan Mdletshe said it is painful and embarrassing to see the government and President Cyril Ramaphosa jubilantly celebrating.

“The fact is that there is nothing to celebrate because of economic imbalance, poverty, crime, joblessness, unending load-shedding, GBV and corruption,” he said.

“South Africa is worse than before as millions continue to suffer. The youth of this country have lost hope and given up on any prospect of a better tomorrow.

“Lack of proper service delivery, infrastructure decay, public health collapsing, and our learners dying as a result of pit latrines, points to a country that is failing its citizens and is collapsing.

“Rail infrastructure has collapsed, our flights are grounded, and our economy is crippled.

“The biggest challenge facing our country is a lack of leadership.

“Just a few days ago, [Ramaphosa] told the world that South Africa was [withdrawing from] the International Criminal Court (ICC); something his own office disputed just hours later.

“We make a clarion call to all those eligible to vote to take a stand and choose a future that excludes President Ramaphosa and his ANC.

They must choose a future that can tackle challenges head-on instead of a future where corruption is cherished and applauded,” said Mdletshe.

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