Defiant ANC MP braces for ANCYL protest outside her house
Makhosi Khoza fears for the life of her children as the ANC Youth League posts her address on Facebook with calls to protest there — but she will not be silenced
Defiant ANC MP Makhosi Khoza said on Tuesday that she has been promised the eThekwini ANC Youth League (ANCYL) will not be protesting outside her house — but she is bracing for the worst anyway. Khoza received assurances from ANC provincial secretary Super Zuma that the planned protest — which was punted on the league leader’s Facebook page — wouldn’t happen‚ but Khoza said the party’s so-called "young lions" often defied orders and did what they pleased. She was referring‚ most recently‚ to an April 9 incident where the Active Citizens Movement got a court order against the league that prevented it from disrupting the memorial service of ANC stalwart Ahmed Kathrada — but the ANCYL went on to disrupt and heckle ANC treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize and former finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s speeches anyway. Khoza has been embroiled in a long-running feud with the league over her comments and statements criticising the ANC and President Jacob Zuma over his controversial Cabinet reshuf...
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