{"id":423674,"date":"2011-05-13T14:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/13\/ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma\/"},"modified":"2011-05-13T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T14:22:43","slug":"ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters &#8211; Zuma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.1517992904\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapa.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/sapa180.gif\" alt=\"South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" title=\"Visit South African Press Association (Johannesburg)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Molaole Montsho<\/p>\n<p>12 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Lichtenburg \u2014 The ancestors will turn against those leaving the ANC, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ancestors will turn their backs against you and you will be bad luck forever if you leave the ANC unhappy,&#8221; he said in Phola, outside Lichtenburg.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma was canvassing for votes in the North West ahead of the May 18 municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said voting for the ANC added value to the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you vote for a party that is going to lose, then your vote is wasted. That vote does not help South Africa at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said election time was an important part of a democratic country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the time citizens of a country are asked to make a choice of a party they want in government. Up until 1994 we had no rights to vote,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said those who were leaving the ANC because they had not been chosen as election candidates were putting their interests ahead of those of the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know what I&#8217;m speaking about. When I was recalled from Parliament people were telling me to form another organisation, but I could not because I understand the policies of the ANC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the ANC would investigate all complaints about its lists of candidates and would act decisively.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Phola said they would vote for the ANC regardless of the slow pace of development in their area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still believe the ANC will deliver. It was not the ANC who fail, but people elected,&#8221; said resident Presley Mooketsi.<\/p>\n<p>He said that for the past 10 years, projects had been brought to the township but not completed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was not the ANC, but the people elected who failed to account to us,&#8221; he said, adding that he would vote for the ANC on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mooketsi said the township was better off compared to 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only problem is the road infrastructure. We still have waterlogs on the road when it rains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the impoverished Phola area ululated and whistled when Zuma arrived at the sports ground to address them.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma told them that the ANC was the only party that could change their lives for better and urged them to vote for the ANC.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0CnNRPpFuByzxl5D\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105130866.html\" title=\"Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters - Zuma\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters &#8211; Zuma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Molaole Montsho 12 May 2011 Lichtenburg \u2014 The ancestors will turn against those leaving the ANC, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-423674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters - Zuma - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters - Zuma - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Molaole Montsho 12 May 2011 Lichtenburg \u2014 The ancestors will turn against those leaving the ANC, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/sapa180.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/ancestors-will-turn-against-anc-deserters-zuma\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Ancestors Will Turn Against ANC Deserters &#8211; 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