📣 OPINION: 'It is high time ANC leaders stopped pretending as if they are above the law and free from accountability,' writes Thabiso Mthembu. Read more on TheCitizenNews 👇
Former President, Thabo Mbeki during a memorial service for ANC DSG Jesse Duarte at the Johannesburg City Hall, 21 July 2022. . Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizencan’t keep his mouth shut any longer.
What they only do is to boldly defend nonsense while the party takes the hardest hit. Like the days of former president Jacob Zuma, the ANC leaders were shielding him from accounting for his Nkandla scandal.And now, when we think they’ve repented and learnt their lesson, they still do the same thing again.
This not only keeps the MPs in the dark, but casts a dark shadow on the ANC. Lack of accountability seems to be the order of the day and Mbeki should be applauded for bringing this issue to the attention of the ANC leadership without fear. However, those who are Mbeki’s critics have voiced out their frustration and suggested that he must keep quiet. They hide behind the fact that Mbeki was protected by the ANC during his presidency when it came to the arms deal, and HIV/Aids denialism, among others.
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