Joel Netshitenzhe
“If the aim of the public protector was to reveal the ANC’s worst-kept secret about presidential contestations and smoke out contributors to one of the candidates at the party’s 2017 Nasrec national conference, she has been remarkably successful,” writes ANC NEC member Joel Netshitenzhe.
In an Op-ed published in Business Live, Netshitenzhe, who headed the policy and coordination advisory unit in the presidency until the end of December 2009, says “If the aim of the public protector was to embarrass the CR17 campaign and, through this, inject into public debate reflections on the funding of intraparty contestations, she has done quite well.“
In part, Netshitenzhe says, “This is because it is easy to develop a narrative of “capture by private interests” from leaks such as these, irrespective of detailed explanations and the track record of the post-Nasrec incumbent (Ramaphosa).”
He says the whole saga has shifted focus
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