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Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula
- Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has described as cruel people those who asked for his death and that of President Cyril Ramaphosa and Police Minister Bheki Cele instead of Jackson Mthembu.
- Mbalula said his supporters of death must consider that the entire country is facing the pandemic and not just the government.
- The minister added that the government did not create Covid-19 and that they are doing everything possible to ensure that the nation is safe from the virus.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Friday rebuked those who called him, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Police Minister Bheki Cele, for having died in place of Jackson Mthembu.
Mbalula was reacting to the attacks he received on his Twitter account, shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of Mthembu’s death from Covid-19 complications on Thursday morning.
Mbalula said it was wrong that people made these calls and said his attackers were cruel.
“I saw some cruel people on social media when Minister Jackson Mthembu’s passing was announced. They said that the only people left are me, Cele and Ramaphosa and that we must follow Mthembu. They are cruel because we are in a sad situation. Wishing people would die for any other reason is wrong, ”Mbalula said.
Comrade Jackson Mthembu ????
– Minister of Transport | Mr Fix (@MbalulaFikile) January 21, 2021
“This thing [Covid-19] it is not about government. We do not design Covid-19. It came from China and spread throughout the world. We are fighting something we don’t know. We don’t know this and how long he will be with us, “he said.
“We don’t know if it will end this year or it will devastate us. As it is, we are dying, it is killing us like flies. By the time we think we are turning the corner and having implemented brilliant economic measures that affected our people, our economy is [now] devastated and paralyzed. ”
Mbalula said that the nation is facing Covid-19 and its situation.
“There is no smart person who has all the answers for this. Yes, we have to blame ourselves because we are government. We have been meeting every day, since Covid-19 arrived. The government, healthcare workers, and law enforcement officials have been operational (throughout the pandemic).
“We are in a bigger mess than any [sic] of us have imagined it, but we are fighting. We salute our people and their courage to come to the party, “said Mbalula.
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