Is ANC parliamentary chief whip Jackson Mthembu’s call for the entire ANC leadership to resign an awakening of the beast that has long slumbered through the numerous crises bedevilling the ruling party? It is an open secret there is a leadership vacuum within the ANC. The party and its leader have lurched from one crisis to the next without a whimper of protest from those leading it. First there was Nkandla, followed by Nenegate, "state capture" and an attack on the Treasury. Instead of condemning these crises, those close to the president sought to protect him at all costs, as if their jobs and political survival were tied to his. Those that protested were ruthlessly dealt with. Many were fired or redeployed to political oblivion. Others were discredited and had flimsy allegations thrown at them in courts. Mthembu’s outbursts have exposed that all is not well in the party’s leadership echelons and could encourage those who had been itching to speak to do so. This may yet be Preside...
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