RDP units are matchbox houses - Malema

526 11.07.2013 Commander in chief of Economic Freedom Fighter, Julius Malema speaking at the press conference were he announced the new national and provincial party's committees, held at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg on 11, Thursday, 11 July 2013. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng

526 11.07.2013 Commander in chief of Economic Freedom Fighter, Julius Malema speaking at the press conference were he announced the new national and provincial party's committees, held at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg on 11, Thursday, 11 July 2013. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng

Published Feb 2, 2014

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Johannesburg - The RDP houses built by the government are worse than apartheid houses because they collapse, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Sunday in Daveyton.

“When you were fighting, you said you didn't want matchbox houses. They give you worse than that,” Malema said.

“That is not what you fought for, you wanted decent houses,” he said.

Malema said residents of Daveyton were unemployed and could not afford to pay for water and electricity.

“They say they give you water, but they close the water when you don't pay. They have not given you water, they have given you a tap.

“Never celebrate mediocrity,” he said.

Malema said that when residents asked for water they were asking for life.

“Never celebrate useless things that undermine black people,” he said.

Child grants were not a sustainable solution to poverty, Malema said.

“People need jobs to support their children and families. Stop celebrating R300, you deserve more,” Malema said.

Child grants could not be a permanent solution, he said.

He told his supporters the EFF would double the pension money for the elderly.

“We'll take care of our grannies because we are a caring organisation,” Malema said. - Sapa

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