THE SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Dr Blade Nzimande said the looting and burning of infrastructure in July after the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma was an insurrection instigated by factions within the ANC itself.
Nzimande was addressing the SACP rally in celebration of its centenary.
“The dangerous, insurrectionary conspiracy emerged from its nesting place within the ANC itself,” said Nzimande.
Nzimande further alleged the insurrection plotters wanted to halt economic activity in order to bring the country to its knees.
“The insurrection violence and turmoil of early July was both planned and funded, sometimes brazenly by those behind it. It was at once well-funded, relatively professional and hopelessly inept strategy. The plotters deliberately triggered and then lost control over a wave of mass looting, mostly by the most marginalised strata in our society. But shopping malls were not the prime target of the conspiracy itself,” said Nzimande.
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