Charles Molele
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule has appealed to party supporters in the Free State and other provinces to halt their plans to burn the book by investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh.
Myburgh’s book ‘Gangster State’ accuses Magashule of being one of the chief architects of State Capture, ruthless gangsterism and exaggerating his liberation struggle credentials.
Dozens of ANC supporters in Gauteng disrupted a book launch in Sandton on Tuesday evening, while the party’s youth league in the Free State announced plans to burn copies of Myburgh’s book at a dumping site in Bloemfontein.
Speaking at the commemoration of the assassination of the late SA Community Party leader Chris Hani, Magashule said he did not support any protests to burn Myburgh’s book.
“I fully agree with Blade [Nzimande]. It is unfortunate people that comrades burn this book. There is no intellectualism about it. We have fought for freedom of speech.
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