BIRTHDAY BASH
Top dignitaries to attend ANC’s big party
Uhuru Kenyatta and Joaquim Chissano among bigwigs expected to attend the ANC’s 106th birthday celebration
High-profile dignitaries, including Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, are due to descend on East London for the ANC’s 106th birthday bash. Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano, President Jacob Zuma, former president Kgalema Motlanthe and senior members of liberation movements, including Mozambique’s Frelimo and Angola’s MPLA, are also expected to be at the event. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is to deliver the traditional January 8 statement at Buffalo City Stadium on Saturday. Kenyatta’s spokesman, Manoah Esipisu, confirmed that "definitely our president will come to East London for the ANC birthday celebrations". Kenyatta is on an official visit to the country and he met Zuma at Dr John L Dube House in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Ramaphosa will host a fund-raising gala dinner on Thursday night with the cheapest seat at the main table going for the hefty price tag of R250,000. In the ANC president’s company will be the other members of the party’s top six: David Mabuza, Paul...
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