ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on young people in the governing party to rebuild and revive the moribund youth league, and urged league members to “rise from ashes”.
Ramaphosa was addressing the Peter Mokaba memorial lecture in Polokwane on Friday.
“You must not become paper branches that exist on social media where you only hurl insults at each other and attack each other. That must come to an end. You must build branches that speak to the issues of young people,” said Ramaphosa.
The memorial lecture started two hours late amid security concerns and possible Covid-19 violations at the Jack Botes Hall in Polokwane, Limpopo.
The side event formed part of the build up to the party’s 110 birthday celebrations to be held on Saturday.
Ramaphosa added that he believes the youth league can still be revived.
After having long been a breeding ground for future party officials, ministers
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