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SA faces 'new threat'
26/04/2008 22:25 - (SA)
Molweni - South Africa faces a new threat 14 years after the first democratic election, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
She was addressing a large crowd at the KwaZulu-Natal Freedom Day celebrations in Molweni, outside Durban.
"The threat is a ruling party that believes it is more important than the Constitution. It is a party that believes it will rule until Jesus comes," said Zille.
She said the African National Congress (ANC) wanted to control the media, politicians, parliament and crime fighting bodies like the Scorpions.
"Instead of allowing the judiciary its independence, the ANC wants to make judges accountable to politicians, instead of fighting crime and corruption, the ANC wants to take away the Scorpions..." she said
Earlier Zille said South Africa was not yet truly free.
"... but many people may disagree... Elections are not enough to make you free. We only have to look at Zimbabwe to see that," she said.
Hundreds gathered to hear Zille speak at the Molweni Community Hall in a valley at least 90km outside Durban.
- SAPA
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