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Steenhuisen slams ANC for turning 1 May into 'workless day', Malema blasts government's 'black hatred'

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DA leader John Steenhuisen slammed the ANC-led government for the unemployment crisis in South Africa.
DA leader John Steenhuisen slammed the ANC-led government for the unemployment crisis in South Africa.
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DA leader John Steenhuisen did not mince words when he addressed a Workers'  Day demonstration on Wednesday about the realities of South Africa's unemployment rate.

He pointed out that, despite the country's hard won liberation, the unemployment rate had risen from 20% to more than 32% under the ANC's reign, leaving millions without work or hope.

Steenhuisen said this in Lentegeur in the Western Cape, on Wednesday, to shine a  light on South Africa's rising unemployment rate.

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