Recklessness, with a disdain for collective decision-making and formal democratically elected structures are part of a growing trend in the ANC, its alliance partner, the South African Communist Party, said on Sunday. SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande delivered this damning verdict after a meeting of the central committee on Sunday. He also took aim at President Jacob Zuma’s new-found liking for "radical economic transformation", describing it as "rhetorical" and self-serving. "Policy shifts with a radical-sounding air are being announced randomly. Existing and even deeper-looming crises in the water sector, in revenue collection, or in the payment of social grants are left unattended for apparently factional reasons, while ministers performing patriotic service in extremely difficult circumstances become the targets for sustained and factionally orchestrated undermining," Nzimande said. The SACP’s comments come as the ANC, and Zuma in particular, has resuscitated a call for "ra...
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