POLITICAL NEWSMAKER OF 2023
Fikile Mbalula is a firebrand on the loose
The ANC secretary-general has turned backtracking into a fine art. But while his bombastic bluster casts a poor light on the party’s image, insiders do credit him with stabilising the ANC internally
21 December 2023 - 05:00
The latest tussle between Fikile Mbalula and ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang is not the first time the firebrand secretary-general has taken on his seniors — and then backtracked.
His infamous 2009 open letter to former president Thabo Mbeki is legendary — not least because it epitomises Mbalula’s character and penchant for bombastic, spiteful bluster. ..
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