OPINIONISTA: The ANC is bigger than its secretary-general, Ace Magashule By Oscar Van Heerden Oscarknysna
As is common cause by now and as was foretold by many prior to the general election on 8 May 2019, the war in the ANC is reaching fever pitch. A full-frontal onslaught is underway by the coalition of the wounded, and the general leading the forces of darkness is none other than Ace Magashule.
And for Lindiwe Sisulu to allow such to take place in the name of her father, simply baffles me and I’m sure others too. Why could you not be exemplary like Mama Dlamini-Zuma, who immediately after the Nasrec defeat accepted her fate and became a disciplined cadre of the ANC, throwing her weight and support behind President Ramaphosa? She was politically mature enough to know that he had extended to her an olive branch by asking if she would be part of his Cabinet and Presidency.
The backlash the PP has been receiving, many claim, is because they simply cannot accept that former finance minister Gordhan is capable of flouting the rules and hence breaking the law. But the real reason for people’s backlash is not the Gordhan matter; no, it is the continuous failure on the part of the PP to do things right. It is because the PP is useless at her job. She brings the Office of the PP into disrepute almost at every turn.
It is just a matter of time, and the very same courts are going to rule that she is not fit for office, in short, she is incompetent. I won’t say anything of the fact that she hails from the State Security Agency herself. Jacob Zuma knows how to pick them, I tell you. Hopefully, the upcoming national executive committee will put a stop to this madness and call the SG to order once and for all. He is abusing his position in the ANC to launch attacks against the president at every opportunity and this must be nipped in the bud now.
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