Purging of ANC ‘mercenaries’ critical

Booing President Jacob Zuma was backward and primitive, but he invited it by arriving late at the ANC celebrations in Eastern Cape at the weekend. He reminded us of the donkey that came back after it had carried Jesus Christ thinking Christians would say “hail to the donkey that carried Jesus” and kneel before it.

Zuma arrived late thinking the ANC celebrations would come to a standstill, with the masses giving him a standing ovation. Instead, Cyril Ramaphosa chastised him for late coming. His habitual misbehaviour is similar to that of aristocrats during feudalism.

Bheki Cele has lamented the fact that failure to act quickly against Zuma and Malusi Gigaba might undermine Ramaphosa. I agree with Ndosi.

We must define the ingredients of Ramaphosa’s “unity”. If unity means prolonging the demise of Zuma and his legacy, this unity is just a fallacy.

Unity must be based on what Nelson Mandela said at the Mahikeng Conference about the “purging of mercenaries in the ANC”, and those “mercenaries” are Zuma, the Guptas, Vivian Reddy, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, Richard Mdluli, Des van Rooyen, David Mabuza, Shaun Abrahams, Adriano Mazzotti, Thoshan Panday, Ben Ngubane and others mentioned by Jacques Pauw in his book – The President’s Keepers.

Ramaphosa must lead the ANC in purging these mercenaries who eliminated the Scorpions, purged Thabo Mbeki, Vusi Pikoli, Nhlanhla Nene, Ivan Pillay, Themba Maseko, Pravin Gordhan, Vytjie Mentor, Barbara Hogan and disrespected Harry Gwala, Ahmed Kathrada, Laloo Chiba, Rica Hodges, Makhenkesi Stofile and the Year of Oliver Tambo.

These mercenaries will use the good names of Mandela and Albertina Sisulu to defend Zuma under the guise that removing him is against “unity”. Siyanda Mhlongo

KwaDukuza