ANC said Premier Zille’s comments on farm strikes as irresponsible

Athenkosi Mvane

27 March 2013

The African National Congress in the Western Cape said it is disappointed and disturbed by Premier Helen Zille’s comment that a further industrial action on farms is looming. 

ANC Provincial Chairperson Marius Fransman said the comment was very irresponsible. 

ANC’s Phillip Dexter said that at this point, they are trying to ensure dialogue involving the concerned parties, seeing that wage determination has been made.

“These kinds of utterances are unnecessary, frankly speaking, they are probably going to incite industrial actions” Dexter added.

Meanwhile Spokesperson for the Premier Zak Mbhele said the comment was based on the continuous knowledge and reports the Premier received about efforts to make the province ungovernable ahead of the 2014 national and provincial elections. 

Mbhele said that they expect this kind of unrest to happen for certain various players to catalyse that kind of unrest for their own agends.

“We are keeping our ear on the ground and will be acting as needed” Mbhele added.