Mbalula concedes that Zuma did serious damage to the ANC by taking it to below 50% at the polls

Simon Nare

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has conceded that former President Jacob Zuma has done some serious damage to the party by taking it to below 50% at the polls and the party is still reeling from that.

“His platform (MK party) is dangerous, appeals to extremist instincts in our body politic and riles up a political base that may foment social unrest. His actions reinforces the work of the primarily right-wing opponents of the National Democratic Revolution,” said Mbalula

Mbalula said this on Monday while giving the reasons why the party’s National Disciplinary Committee found that Zuma had actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge it from power while still a member of the party.

Expelled former ANC president and MK party leader Jacob Zuma’s conduct was irreconcilable with the spirit of the party’s constitution and he had embarked on a dangerous platform that appealed