Kgalema Motlanthe would still vote for the ANC — despite the ‘disservice’ of its current leadership
The former president warns of a time when the ANC would be voted out if corruption and failure to deliver continue
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says he will still vote for the ANC‚ even though the ruling party has lost its way. Motlanthe was speaking with Eusebius McKaiser on Radio 702 on Wednesday morning."I would vote for the ANC because I believe in the ANC. That’s the simple truth of the matter. You have to understand that there is the ANC and there is the ANC leadership at various levels and spheres‚" he said.Motlanthe said the current leadership had done itself a "great disservice" and again emphasised that voters would abandon the ANC if the party didn’t change. "If the voters see it exactly the same way as I see it‚ they will go that way [of not voting for the ANC]."Motlanthe believes that "Each time there is a scandal involving the head of state‚ it is a diversion‚ and it takes the eyes of the nation away from the real issues".A caller questioned why Motlanthe and other ANC elders were only speaking out now against the ills of the party. Motlanthe said he had been speaking out‚ bu...
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