The Herald (South Africa)

‘Hlaudi is walking to Union Buildings as president of SA’

- Amil Umraw

Disgraced SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng has officially launched his own political party‚ the African Content Movement.

His policies include reducing social grants and forcing foreign companies to exit the country within a set timeframe.

During the launch in Johannesbu­rg‚ which was attended by about 150 people‚ Motsoeneng said he would contest Cyril Ramaphosa for the presidency in the 2019 elections.

He said he had no doubt that his party “will rule South Africa”.

“It is a historical day for all South Africans. For the first time in the history of South Africa‚ Hlaudi is walking to parliament and the Union Buildings as president of the Republic of South Africa.

“I’m contesting President Cyril Ramaphosa because he is the one who is in charge.

“I want to be the president‚ that is the bottom line‚” Motsoeneng said.

“All these political parties‚ they are not assisting South Africa.

“When I was at the SABC, they removed me because they realised I was changing the lives of ordinary citizens.

“We are going to eat change‚ we are going to touch change‚ and we are going to feel change when I’m the president.”

Introduced to the audience as Hlaudi “the decision-maker” Motsoeneng‚ he said that under his party‚ laws would be introduced which dictated to foreign investors “who build factories” in SA that they should make their workers shareholde­rs in their companies.

After 30 years‚ those investors would be made to leave the country and those factories left to the workers.

“The new animal‚ ACM‚ is African first. Anything that we produce in South Africa will be 90% South African because it is very important to empower people of South Africa,” he said.

“We need to start here at home. The only person who is tested on delivery is Hlaudi.

“I did implement what I was supposed to implement.

“Today people are saying Hlaudi is corrupt because they realise [he] is very dangerous.

“If I’m corrupt‚ I should be caught by the Hawks now as I’m speaking.

“We stand for all South Africans‚ black and white.

“In my party‚ there are white people‚ you can see them there and there are many.”

He also said he would scrap grants because “we are building a very lazy nation”.

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