Ndileka Mandela says no more to the ANC because ‘there is no accountability’
Nelson Mandela’s grandchild says her decision to leave the party was not taken lightly, and was not made in anger
Nelson Mandela’s eldest grandchild has publicly ditched the ruling ANC over its damaging and seemingly endless scandals. "I will not be voting for something that does not resonate with me anymore, and does not resonate for what granddad and his comrades fought for," Ndileka Mandela told News24 at the weekend. Ndileka said her decision followed scandals including the death of about 100 psychiatric patients in a neglect crisis and a social welfare grants dispute that threatened payments to 17-million of the most vulnerable South Africans. "It’s one scandal after the next and there’s no accountability. And our people suffer for it," she said. "I am highly upset. And this is not a decision that has been made out of anger. I’ve been thinking about it for a while," she said. "It’s so painful, it’s like wrenching my heart out of my soul." Her pronouncement forced her cousin Mandla Mandela, an ANC legislator, to make a public plea for her not to turn her back on the party. "Please do not th...
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