Thabo Mbeki Foundation internal document not 'an attack on the ANC'
The leaked document questions the ANC’s approach to the land issue, saying it marks a shift from the party’s values
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s internal discussion document on the land debate, in which it accuses the ANC of abandoning its historical values of non-racialism, must not be misconstrued as an attack on the ANC or its leadership, CEO Max Boqwana says. The 30-page document, which was leaked from the foundation, questions the ANC’s approach to the land issue, saying it marks a shift from the party’s values expressed throughout its 106-year history. Boqwana said in a statement sent out on Tuesday evening that the document was an internal document, which resulted from discussions involving various stakeholders, “including the mass democratic movement at home and progressive forces abroad”. He said, as a working document, it is not yet intended for public consumption, and emphasised that the document is “a constructive response to the ANC and parliament’s call to the nation to engage in this important debate, doing so in the interest of nation building,”. Boqwana said. “The foundation and...
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