‘ANC Youth Activists’ want party to apologise to Dullah Omar’s family
A group of disgruntled Western Cape ANC Youth League members are calling for the party’s provincial leadership to apologise and mend relations with the family of Dullah Omar. The family says it does not want to be associated with the party’s Cape Metro Region, which is named after the struggle stalwart, after the region organised a march in support of President Jacob Zuma over the motion of no confidence in Parliament. A group calling itself ANC Youth Activists said it was inspired by Omar’s contribution to the liberation struggle. "[We] would like to humbly apologise to the family after its name was dragged in the mud in this fashion‚" said the group. Mesuli Kama‚ one of the members‚ said the grouping consisted of former youth league members in the province who had been fired by the current provincial leaders of the league. Kama called Omar an "incorruptible leader" who would not have wanted his name associated with gatherings that were perceived to be in support of corruption. "At...
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