Populism has replaced constructive engagement and uncouth behaviour has become a convenient way to express dissent. This growing alien tendency is undermining the culture and traditions of our glorious movement. While the right to speak one’s mind in a public gallery is ordinarily a satisfying thing to be celebrated, its latitude has boundaries where democratic centralism prevails. In this regard, the interests of the organisation come first, and not the private interests of members. Therefore those who are unable to observe this limitation of their rights have a choice — to leave voluntarily without rebelling and sowing divisions. It’s one thing to be a family member, quite another to wash dirty linen in public. It is against this background that the conduct of comrade Makhosi Khoza sets a bad precedent in society. She cannot wear an ANC hat and then mobilise civil society under the guise of bravery to contravene the ANC constitution in such a callow manner. It would be chaos if ot...
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