ANC slates shattered, says Tokyo Sexwale
The former human settlements minister says he was removed for speaking out against corruption
Former Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says the doings of the ANC’s elective conference at Mangaung in 2012 are coming undone at the seams. "What we are experiencing is the shattering of the slates of Mangaung‚" he said at the Nelson Mandela Foundation on Wednesday evening. "From Pravin (Gordhan) and everyone‚ it is the shattering of that slate. All the people who were happy at our loss in Mangaung‚ all the people who were happy at our removal from Cabinet‚ are now being shattered‚" he said. "Now where is Blade? Where is Sdumo?" asked Sexwale. Sexwale served in President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet from 2009 but was removed in a reshuffle. In Mangaung‚ he was to go head-to-head against Zuma and Baleka Mbete for the top ANC position. He said he had been put up as a "third way" because "these two comrades had caused such hurt to the organisation"‚ as the party was torn between the two candidates. Sexwale said he decided to pull out five minutes before the race and had thrown his wei...
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