The Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure in Limpopo has branded claims that it is giving jobs to pals as pure politicking by opposition parties, three months before the upcoming local government elections. “ActionSA condemns the latest display of ANC patronage masquerading as public service in the Limpopo Department of Public Works and Infrastructure under MEC Tony Rachuene. Kobe added that at a time when millions of South Africans, particularly young graduates, remain unemployed, the public service cannot become a jobs programme for politically connected cadres. EFF Limpopo provincial chair, Makgabo Lawrence Mapoulo, has alleged that the new recruits appointed by the department at Public Works are all ANC card-carrying branch members. “If the EFF issues a statement attacking the ANC or any other political party, it is therefore those political parties that should be given a right to reply.