EDITORIAL: A necessary conference
An early elective conference should be implemented at once — SA needs to know who the ANC actually is
PERHAPS the most obvious but also the most important observation to be drawn from the morass of political mud-slinging that has transpired over the past week is this: neither side is backing down. In fact, they are ratcheting up their battle. It is all becoming frighteningly disruptive, not only to politics but to government and business.Perhaps the four key political events over the past week are these: the decision by the Hawks to require Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to present himself to give a warning statement; the decision by Gordhan to not present himself; the subsequent decision by the South African Communist Party (SACP) to contemplate the possibility of leaving the alliance; and finally, the statement by ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte that Gordhan was "projecting himself" as above the law.These four events punctuated a complicated week in politics, and they have been surrounded by a host of repercussions and reactions.Taken together, these signify a very qui...
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