Guptas play a toxic role — but they alone are not to blame, says Blade Nzimande
The SACP leader says the ANC and its allies must take decisive action against ‘the parasitic patronage networks, both in our organisations and in government’
South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande has launched a fresh attack on the Gupta family‚ saying they are playing a "toxic role" in the ANC and in government. "We have to fight the influence of what the SACP has called the parasitic patronage networks, both in our organisations and in government," Nzimande said. "We are very glad that at least the issue of the Guptas has been upfront because we have long said that this family is playing a very toxic role‚ but we can’t only blame the Guptas." he said. "We must also blame their collaborators inside our movement and government as well‚ and unless we deal with that‚ we are on a slippery slope." Nzimande was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the ANC’s policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre‚ south of Johannesburg.
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