DA slams ANC election manifesto

Opposition parties say the ANC's election promises are a ploy to win votes. President Thabo Mbeki launched the party's local government election manifesto in Athlone on Sunday, January 8, and has promised a 400 billion rand boost for local government as well as increasing service delivery and halving unemployment by 2014. However, Democratic Alliance deputy leader Joe Seremane says the party should deal with corruption first. Seremane says voters who vote for the ANC in the March polls can only look forward to five more years of broken promises.