Ramaphosa rejects claims ANC plans to use asylum seekers in elections

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed allegations that the party intends to utilize asylum seekers to gain support during the upcoming local government elections, labeling the claims as false information. While addressing the Black Wednesday Commemoration in Sandton, Ramaphosa emphasized the need to curb the dissemination of misinformation and fake news. He utilized the event to interact with journalists and editors from multiple news organizations.

A fabricated post on social media has been spreading the notion that asylum seekers are being registered to vote, with the expectation that they will vote for the ANC. However, Ramaphosa categorically refuted these assertions, stating that the claims are unfounded. "There's just no way that the ANC would get asylum seekers to vote for it.

There's just no way. It's a rubbish story. It does not exist. We never want to do something like that, and (it just shows you) the dangers of these social media platforms, where the story is planted by an individual who is not accountable to anyone and it starts spreading," Ramaphosa commented.