ANC has lack of tolerance - UDM
2008-11-15 13:01
Johannesburg - The United Democratic Movement expressed concern on Saturday after Congress of the People leader, Mosiuoa Terror Lekota's scheduled meeting was disrupted by ANC president supporters in Durban.
"The lack of tolerance by the ANC structures in KwaZulu-Natal against Lekota should be viewed as a culmination of the warrior talk and promotion of ethnic tendencies which have been spearheaded by Zuma and his tripartite KZN leaders," UDM president, Bantu Holomisa said.
On Thursday a meeting scheduled to be addressed by Lekota in Verulam, north of Durban was reportedly disrupted by 200 ANC supporters.
Most of the supporters who were wearing T-shirts with Zuma's picture and brandishing Zuma banners, burst into the hall and toyi-toyied, preventing the meeting from getting off the ground.
Lekota did not arrive at the meeting because of security risks.
Holomisa accused ANC tripartite leaders of encouraging the wearing of T-shirts promoting ethnicity referring to the "100% Zulu Boy".
"What we are witnessing is an escalation of the ethnic project into an ethnic cleansing and perpetuation of a laager mentality," he said.
Holomisa called on the Independent Electoral Committee and government authorities to guarantee freedom of movement and choice from this "lynch mob who are hell bent in promoting hate speech and political intolerance".
- SAPA