JOHANNESBURG

JOHANNESBURG

Councillors who are sex men, wanting sex in exchange for jobs and houses will be kicked out immediately at any municipality controlled by the EFF. This formed part of the EFF’s manifesto when party leader Julius Malema unveiled his municipal plans to more than 40,000 of his supporters at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. Malema who obtained a BA degree from Unisa, committed his party to securing senior managerial positions in all EFF controlled municipalities for men and women with suitable qualifications. He said his party would not employ people because of political connections, but would “consider people like Mamphela Ramphele (former Agang leader) for a job because she is jobless”. “EFF Councillors will be expected to be the mother/father figure to orphans in the wards they serve. No one will go to bed without a bed.” They will also assist in the burial of all poor people in their area,” Malema said. He had promised to crack the whip on errant Councillors who are sex men in the run up to the manifesto launch. “We visited Rusternburg, and community members there told us their Councillors were demanding sex before they could give them jobs and houses.” “It is because of that that we included it in our manifesto. Such Councillors will be shown the door immediately,” he said. EFF controlled municipalities would establish housing and road agencies with the sole aim of building houses and roads at municipal level. Malema said both those agencies must have a full staff complement paid for by the municipality and not labour broker agencies. Malema’s manifesto was given the thumbs-up by one of his own EFF members -Melita Sebola. Sebola, 68, who has been living in shack for 25 years at Ivory Park informal settlement in Ekurhuleni. “I believe Julius Malema will deliver on providing a house for me and others in this situation,” Sebola said. Joseph Mikhasi, 61, of Villa Lisa informal settlement in Boksburg, cheered when Malema said they would expropriate land and give it to the poor for residential and industrial use.