FORMER president Thabo Mbeki has dismissed EFF leader Julius Malema’s claims that he is plotting with former spy boss Arthur Fraser to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa from power.
In a short statement on Thursday, the former statesman said Malema’s claims were intended to deepen divisions within the African National Congress (ANC) and undermine the governing party’s process of renewal.
“[Former] president Mbeki rejects Mr Malema’s scuttlebutt with the contempt it deserves,” said Thabo Mbeki Foundation in a statement.
“He is certain that it originates from the old apartheid intelligence machinery [and] it is intended to deepen divisions within the ANC and to frustrate efforts towards the organisation’s renewal.”
Malema caused a stir on Wednesday when claimed during a media briefing that Fraser was secretly working with Mbeki to remove Ramaphosa from power.
This comes after Fraser opened a police complaint against Ramaphosa, saying he was involved in concealing a crime
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