ABC: No harm in protest at Nomusa Dube-Ncube home
The Abantu Batho Congress has defended the actions of a group of protesters at the weekend who descended on the home of the KZN Premier.
Around 100 members of the civil rights organisation Umsinsi Group arrived at Nomusa Dube-Ncube's house in Hillcrest on Saturday.
They said they wanted answers on promises made during elections.
The move has been widely condemned, including by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The ABC believes there's nothing wrong with voters visiting politicians' homes to discuss issues of service delivery.
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Party leader Philani Mavundla says the protesters were merely doing what politicians do when they want votes.
"Our stance as politicians is that we go to people asking them to support us and vote us into power. My understanding of Umsinsi is that they are visiting politicians to ask us to be answerable to them as the voters and the visit to the premiers house was on that premise and nothing else."
Mavundla says the demonstration should not be turned into a safety and security issue.
"All South Africans are unsafe on all fronts. We get attacked every day. There are those people who were not carrying any weapons. If somebody says they were carrying any weapons and they going to fight, but our understanding is that they were not carrying any weapons."
