The ruling party has slammed reports about the secretary-general's remarks as 'sensational hot air'.
The ruling party has slammed reports about the secretary-general’s remarks as ‘sensational hot air’.
For City Press to say “Magashule said the ANC does not need white votes is mischievious and deliberately misleading and a total fabrication”. The headline did not reflect what the body of the article reported Magashule as having said. A recording of the remarks Magashule made to various journalists was available “to be listened to”.
The following verbatim quote was relevant: “Our hope is not based on colour, and therefore people cannot say that whites this time are going to vote ANC, as if blacks are actually not going to vote ANC.” Clearly these quotes indicated Magashule had not said that the ANC did not need white votes. The ANC needed every vote – black and white – and was grateful for the support it received from every South African regardless of colour.
In reality, what Magashule did was to encourage the current leadership of the ANC, including himself, because he used the collective “we”, to emulate the selfless example of leaders such as Mandela and Tambo and to avoid the temptation of being motivated by the “love of positions and money”, the ANC said.
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