I am not speaking at a DA political event, Ronnie Kasrils says
A DA-branded invitation went viral on social media, saying that Kasrils would speak at an event organised by the DA on ‘important issues facing SA’
Former ANC national executive committee member and former intelligence services minister Ronnie Kasrils has dismissed an invitation circulating in social media, which claims that he will address a political event organised by the DA. Kasrils has been an open critic of the ANC government’s leadership during the administration of President Jacob Zuma. He has spoken at events organised by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA’s United Front, which publicly denounced the ANC at its December conference in Cape Town. A DA-branded invitation went viral on social media, saying that Kasrils would speak at an event organised by the opposition party on "important issues facing SA", including youth development, the DA’s future prospects and the ANC’s succession battle in December. However Kasrils told Business Day that the invitation was a misrepresentation and that he was in Cape Town to speak at a private event for a family friend by the name of Peter Fisher, who had died. "I am speaking a...
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