ANC’s national executive committee member, Joel Netshitenzhe, has slammed the party’s Secretary General Ace Magashule for backing MPs who did not participate in the parliamentary vote last week to establish a special committee to investigate Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office.
Netshitenzhe said Magashule’s comments created “confusion” for his reference to the DA as “the enemy of the National Democratic Revolution”, pointing out that Magashule as a “cadre deserving of such a senior position” should be aware of the debates within the ANC about the characterisation of the opposition in a democratic society.
Writing in his personal capacity for the Daily Maverick on Tuesday, Netshitenzhe said Magashule’s remarks left many party members wondering if they still had an organisation.
“The conceptual confusion aside, what irked many ANC members is that the secretary-general sought to distance himself from the guidance that the officials (so-called top six) recently gave to
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