Bheki Cele has fiery words for the Guptas — and fellow ANC NEC member Mokonyane
Leave the ANC to govern SA, he tells the Gupta family, and hits back at Nomvula Mokonyane’s suggestion that he resign from the national executive committee
Deputy Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Bheki Cele had his gloves off again in an address at the ANC’s cadre forum in Gamalakhe township, outside Port Shepstone on Monday evening. Cele, an ANC national executive committee member, slammed the controversial Gupta family, accusing them of owning some ANC leaders and preventing them from fulfilling the mandate given to the ANC by the people of SA to govern the country. "The Guptas must allow the African National Congress to do its work without any hindrance. They must not be allowed to hijack the ANC and the government. "The Guptas must leave this country and take their friends with them so that the ANC will be left to govern SA alone," a fiery Cele said. He received wild roars as he took the podium on Monday. Cele reiterated his statement that ANC leadership had failed to lead the organisation. KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC’s biggest province, is deeply divided. Earlier this month the ANC provincial executive committee stripped th...
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