By Thapelo Molefe
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has challenged the uMkhonto weSizwe Party about how it can govern a constitutional democracy without having a constitution of its own.
“How does a party without a constitution propose to govern a constitutional democracy? Sophistry,” Manamela said, during Tuesday’s response in the National Assembly to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address last week
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Manamela accused MK Party Chief Whip Des Van Rooyen of “dangerous sophistry,” saying the party cannot present itself as a serious alternative to the ANC while struggling with internal stability.
“With MPs coming and going weekly, and with Parliament constantly introducing itself to new MK Party members, how is stability assured?” Manamela asked.
“A party where relatives substitute for one another like royalty, and where Nkandla ensures the batteries remote-control from Nkandla remain charged, cannot present
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