POLITICAL INFIGHTING
AUBREY MATSHIQI: Committed members need to stand up and save ANC
‘The primary enemy of the ANC is the askari impulse within its leadership’
What is the future of the ANC? I found myself thinking about this on Sunday as I reminisced about the launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Cape Town 34 years ago. My father, who was born in Cape Town, used to say to my mother: "All good things come from Cape Town." While my mother never disputed the fact that her husband was the one good thing the Mother City gave her, what is still in dispute is whether the UDF was a front of the ANC. For the purposes of this column, what is pertinent is the fact that as a young and handsome hothead, I believed that the formation of the UDF was ordained by the ancestors as the glorious movement of our people. As I write this missive, I am in a state of confusion about which is more glorious, the ANC or Grace Mugabe. When I meet my ANC comrades, I always tell them there is no doubt in my mind that the ANC will celebrate its 200th birthday, not in a packed stadium in Mangaung, but in a cosy restaurant in Bloemfontein.
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