Troon resigns from ANC
Former Bay ANC councillor Lawrence Troon has resigned from the party, claiming it has been captured by racism.
In his resignation letter to ANC Bay regional convener Nceba Faku, Troon said: “The complete ill-discipline with no consequences that has taken over the ANC is mind-boggling.”
Troon wrote there was a false notion within the organisation that coloured people did not bring votes to the ANC.
“I want to dispel that myth once and forever. In 2016, the Lillian Diedricks cluster received a target of 10,000 votes — up from its traditional 7,500 target — and the cluster got more than 23,000 votes that year.
“Instead it is in the core base of the ANC, in the townships, where people have lost faith in the organisation,” he said.
He said the party had sidelined other races, with only one white and one coloured councillor in the ANC’s ranks in the city council.
“The recent developments within the ANC on a regional, provincial and national level led me to do deep introspection as to where the ANC is heading.
“History tells us that all liberation movements go astray after governing for 25 years,” he said.
“I was always optimistic that things would be different in our situation. But I have come to realise once history sets in no-one can stop it.
“From August 27 2016, when we ousted the DA to the present, the governance in the metro has been horrific, to say the least.
“Zizi [Kodwa, head of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office at Luthuli House] himself has admitted that there are thieves and crooks in the ANC and they have captured the organisation,” he said, adding that he could safely say the ANC was dead.
Faku denied having received Troon’s letter of resignation, saying the issues raised by Troon were internal matters.
“If there are any concerns that need to be addressed or concerns that are raised by members, they pertain solely to the ANC. They are not for public consumption,” Faku said.