Gordhan: Time for the ANC to take a long, hard look in the mirror
'Do we have the ability to change course‚ do we have the humility to reflect on one's weaknesses or shortcomings and say that my shortcomings‚ either as an individual or a group‚ are causing immense damage around me?'
Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan on Thursday evening said the time had come for the ANC to take a look in the mirror‚ and find a way to become the organisation envisioned by leaders like Nelson Mandela‚ Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada. Gordhan was speaking at the screening of a documentary titled Promises and Lies – Fault Lines in the ANC at the Old Fort cells on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. The documentary is largely formulated around never-before-seen images captured by British photographer Laurie Sparham of ANC leaders in exile in Zambia and other countries‚ and includes interviews with former finance minister Trevor Manuel as well as Robert McBride‚ head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).
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