South African Communist Party (SACP) deputy chairperson Thulas Nxesi says corruption within the ANC-led government is occurring at both local and national levels‚ which is having a crippling effect on the unity of the party. "The ANC has been denied by us and when you look at the problems‚ these problems are not only at the national level. Just go and look what’s going on in the local state at municipalities‚ that’s where corruption is glaring‚ that’s the face of it," he said. "Comrades‚ what we must be careful of is that there will be contradictions ... as we are analysing the situation. We must not be denialists nor cowards or even be reckless in how we deal with the situation. Denialist is denying what we see‚ it’s a reality that this thing is costing us in our revolution. Who is going to suffer?" He was giving a declaration on behalf of the SACP at the closing session of union federation Cosatu’s sixth central committee meeting at Irene‚ Pretoria on Thursday. Nxesi has previousl...
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