NATASHA MARRIAN: Mbeki is right on ANC myopia
Focus on Phala Phala misses the point of former president’s damning 17-page verdict on the party
13 April 2023 - 05:03
ANC members are politically bankrupt and the party’s commitment to the constitution is questionable. This was the essence of Thabo Mbeki’s 17-page letter to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, which he discussed with the party’s top brass this week.
The ANC’s defensiveness over its leader is so ingrained, so reflexive, that Mbeki’s letter was immediately seen as an attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa over Phala Phala. ..
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