# Gallery: ANCYL thrash toilets
Open toilets were not unique to Makhaza, Khayelitsha, as the previous ANC-led city administration had been guilty of the same thing in Samora Machel some years ago, said mayoral committee member for health Dumisani Ximbi.
Speaking during yesterday's budget debate, where the toilet issue took centre stage, Ximbi said the ANC should be the last party to complain about unwalled toilets because it also did something similar during its controversy-riddled tenure.
"We witnessed the destruction of the corrugated toilets in Khayelitsha and we ask ourselves where the problem was and we get no answer," said Ximbi.
He said the ANC was applying double standards.
"It was done in Samora Machel, but because it was done by the ANC-led City of Cape Town nothing was said. They are still engaged with the government today about that. Things are right when they are done by the ANC. There's a tendency of one party taking people for granted. We need to rectify mistakes. Two wrongs don't make a right."
ANC chief whip Peter Gabriel said the DA had no permanent solution to the toilet problem and was busy running around defusing people's anger.
"Let's face it, the DA made a huge mistake in providing open toilets," he said.
"The DA is now rushing in to do damage control instead of addressing broader development in those areas. They must engage with communities. The mayor also made reference to work done in informal settlements, but for four years the DA has had no sustainable plan to improve the situation."
Mayor Dan Plato said the city had provided communal toilets and the ratio was one toilet for every five people.
He said the ANC Youth League members who destroyed the toilets were nothing but hooligans and thugs.
"We ask the ANC that by close of business on Thursday they... stop the youth league from intimidating," he said.
Open toilets were not unique to Makhaza, Khayelitsha, as the previous ANC-led city administration had been guilty of the same thing in Samora Machel some years ago, said mayoral committee member for health Dumisani Ximbi.
Speaking during yesterday's budget debate, where the toilet issue took centre stage, Ximbi said the ANC should be the last party to complain about unwalled toilets because it also did something similar during its controversy-riddled tenure.
"We witnessed the destruction of the corrugated toilets in Khayelitsha and we ask ourselves where the problem was and we get no answer," said Ximbi.
He said the ANC was applying double standards.
"It was done in Samora Machel, but because it was done by the ANC-led City of Cape Town nothing was said. They are still engaged with the government today about that. Things are right when they are done by the ANC. There's a tendency of one party taking people for granted. We need to rectify mistakes. Two wrongs don't make a right."
ANC chief whip Peter Gabriel said the DA had no permanent solution to the toilet problem and was busy running around defusing people's anger.
"Let's face it, the DA made a huge mistake in providing open toilets," he said.
"The DA is now rushing in to do damage control instead of addressing broader development in those areas. They must engage with communities. The mayor also made reference to work done in informal settlements, but for four years the DA has had no sustainable plan to improve the situation."
Mayor Dan Plato said the city had provided communal toilets and the ratio was one toilet for every five people.
He said the ANC Youth League members who destroyed the toilets were nothing but hooligans and thugs.
"We ask the ANC that by close of business on Thursday they... stop the youth league from intimidating," he said.
- Cape Times - IOL
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