Some ANC members are acting emotionally by going to court, Gwede Mantashe says
Members of the ANC who head to court do so due to their unhappiness about the party’s decisions that are not in their favour‚ according to the party’s secretary-general‚ Gwede Mantashe. "We don’t have a problem with people going to court if they want to; that’s not an issue. The issue is when people lodge disputes and say‚ ‘If you don’t agree with me‚ I’m going to court’‚ because it means the dispute process is done as a formality‚" said Mantashe‚ speaking at Luthuli House on Monday. This followed the ANC’s final annual national executive committee (NEC) meeting, held at the weekend. "What people don’t appreciate‚ is that many of these court cases don’t succeed‚ because they are not well thought through. They do it emotionally‚ and they do it because they think they want to spite the ANC‚" he said. Mantashe’s comments follow presidential aspirant Mathews Phosa’s decision to head to court on Monday to apply for the dissolution of the Mpumalanga provincial executive committee (PEC). T...
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