Ramaphosa was speaking during Human Rights Day commemorations in De Aar in the Northern Cape on Tuesday. Access to water, sanitation, electricity, housing, healthcare, education, and more were mentioned in his speech, reported the eNCA. 

Ramaphosa said getting ailing municipalities back on track is a priority in providing basic services. 

Meanwhile, in Sharpeville in Soweto, the leader of ActionSA, Herman Mashaba, accused the African National Congress of letting South Africa down. 

He has laid a wreath in honour of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre victims.

'ANC will pay the price in 2024 election'

"Human Rights Day commemorations stir up mixed emotions when considering the living conditions of many South Africans," said Mashaba. "The ANC government has let South Africans down, and they will pay the price in the 2024 general elections."

He said, "it's the day that's actually filled with mixed emotions. Emotions of sadness and celebration, because these are the people who gave their lives for us 63 years ago."

"The emotion of total disappointment that 29 years into our democracy, you look at the living conditions of people in Sharpeville, people in Gauteng, and people in South Africa, unfortunately, 29 years of ANC government have let us down."

"We're saying to South Africans, let's soldier on and let us respect our constitution and our democracy. Come 2024 elections, we got to remove the ANC out of government as we did in 1994, removing the National Party government that caused the death of our people in 1960."

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