SA govt 'will not tolerate violent protests'

Give people what you promised them.Now that you have been elected into office and comfortable, you start talking about rule of law.ANC used the same tactics to get independence,by disrupting governance.

Unless Shiceka has forgotten it's not long sleeps ago when the ANC promised and promised and promised.

Just shut up and deliver the services that people need and require.The ANC top hats have been growing tummies like they were in fashion while people can't even afford a loaf of bread.Where the jobs, roads, etc, you promised.

What a laugh! The Government will not tolerate violent protests. Violence has become the 12th official language in SA. Unions, Taxi drivers, striking construction workers and our own Metro police speak the language of violence fluently. Its the only language government responds to because you have to behave in a barbaric way for you to get your message accross to their fat heads.

What these poor people did not know while they were receiving food parcels for votes from the ANC before the election is that there isn't something like a free lunch!!

The Criminal Justice system cannot solve our social problems. The use of 'legitimate force' by SAPS simply sends the wrong message if it is not accompanied by visible signs that government is serious about promises made.

Why does it not occur to politicians and government officials to demonstrate modesty by setting a new trend: choose modest cars; modest but safe homes; modest lifestyles, take Batho Pele seriously - show the less fortunate that you deserve to govern because you don't think you are better than them; that you will make sacrifices i.t.o. conspicuous consumption so that everyone can have the basics.

Show us visible signs that you care - dare us to follow your example. Jackboot methods should be the last resort. Huge security bills could be considerably reduced because the threat(s) would be reduced. Shock us into believing that you in fact govern to serve the nation. Get flashy if you want, once everone has 'enough' of what they need to live their lives in dignity.

Dear SA Government and SA Citizens
"Violence begets violence" this is a brutal truth.The government as a custodian of the peoples aspirations- as promised during campaigns, need to be aware that people are now expecting them to deliver what ever promises were made.However the "gap between value expectation" and what is being received can lead to direct violence.It is however a futile attempt by citizens to use "violence" to engage especially African governments and history has it.Take a look at Zimbabwe and you will learn a lot of lessons.
Available means of communication should be used to air our grievances as citizens.The government needs to be "responsive" because what the people are expecting and what they are getting shows discrepancies.We need to use non-violence means to achieve both socio-polit and economic transformation let us learn this as Africans.

The very people who voted in the current spendthrifts and would have recieved a myriad of election promises and food baskets and T-shirts with ANC emblazened all over it a fat picture of Zuma......these very people have every right to be angry as the govt over the last 15 years has failed them miserably...we all know that apartheid is the main instigator in their plight but surely their dire living standards should have been priority no.1...but no the ANC have added many 0's to the'1' to push it to the back of the que...SHAME ON YOU MANDELA, MBEKI, ZUMA AND THE APARTHEID REGIME!!!!!

I think President Zuma has to stand on the public platform and re-assure the people that the ANC manifesto is still on track otherwise this brutal attitude of the SAPC memeber will worsen the situation.Otherwise if Zuma does not speak to the people, am sure in the next election people are going to chase this ANC idiots away by either voting them out or moerieng them. Deliver on you promise full stop.

@Evans Mazi: you said it, bra.

Brings a saying about reaping and sowing to mind.

Perhaps the voters will reconsider the smooth talk of a bankrupt clique of nouveau bourgeoisie in the light of non-delivery.

We all need to drive the message deep into the minds of elected officials that they are in the position they find themselves because they were chosen to enact the wishes of their constituents. They need to be told: Deliver, or your ass gets kicked. Outta the pound seats.

It's high time the rhetoric, arrogance and obfuscation ended and the development started.

The ANC taught these people what to do when you don't get what you want. Remember the necklacing and the township violence during Apartheid times? The ANC encouraged it so they must leave with it.

All that singing of "Mshiniwami" and Malema's hate speech during elections is coming back to bite the ANC in the rear.

They have been so busy looking after them sleves for the past 15 years that they forgot to govern. Also they still haven't connected the dots between who pays the tax (& their salaries) in this country. If they understood that, they would start looking after them instead of doing nothing to curb loss of skills. Where is this amazing election machine now, now that they have to do the job, they are invisible, expect when they go to Damiler-Chrysler to pick up their R2 mil Merc.

Actions speak louder than words ! Sort these poor people out and provide them with water & electricity! there is surely enough money to go around - do it quick or you might land up with a far more serious problem on your hands - what has taken you so long ?

"Government will not tolerate violent protests"
But it will tolerate corrupt officials who are responsible for the poor service delivery that led to the protests.
The rule of law applies only to the protesters, not those who break the law in parliament, which is the root cause of the protests.

Nothing like tough talk and threats to get people's backs up! Do you really think that the police are in a position to quell serious public violence? They can't even get a grip on crime on a normal week day, so how are they expected to cope if the whole neighbourhood is going nuts? This tough talk is really all we can expect from politicians safe behind an array of microphones - it's nice to talk tough if it's not your nuts on the line!

The chickens have come home....promises de-committed before the end of 12 months.Praise singers dumped as criminals,Pseudo tender seeking businessmen lied to,Protests fanned by 3rd force...what more!Definitely not in our name with ANC's denuded intellect.Certainly this is evidence of leadership void, covered by loud sounding nothings.South Africans, let us rise and save this lovely country from an abyss machinated by these seedy incompetent louts!

Oooh la la la. The chickens have come home to roost. Mr charismatic Zuma is now in the thick of action. No dancing to mshini wami. Its time to deliver. Not time to make ridiculous promises of 500 000 jobs by December. He said it, and skeptics, among them economics were riled for questioning these empty promises. Where is the ANC Youth League. This is no time to call others dogs, baboons. Where is the YCL, that bunch of proteges which have a habit of sticking their noses where they do not belong. Mshini wami, mshini wami!!!!!!!!!!