ANC ON FIRE
…President Ramaphosa under fire from ‘counter revolutionaries’ - Mantashe
JOHANNESBURG - ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe has spoken out against an emerging tendency for ANC leaders of wanting to destroy one another in the guise of “cleansing the organisation.” Mantashe was speaking during an online lecture on organisational renewal on Thursday evening in the Sarah Baartman region in the Eastern Cape. “The new tendencies that are emerging one (sic) is eagerness to destroy one another but using the cover of cleaning the organisation. It has nothing to do with cleaning the organisation. It is a revolution that is beginning to devour its own children. It’s very strong in this province,” he said. Mantashe said the second tendency that was creeping into party structures was the ease in which members attack President Cyril Ramaphosa. “It appears to be a mass movement that is very unhappy with the president and the reality of the matter it is to weaken the pillars of the organisation with the presidency being one of the pillars. It appears revolutionary but if you look closely it’s counter revolutionary.” Ramaphosa was at the receiving end of criticism by ANC members after he wrote to party members expressing his disgust over corruption allegations against members and calling for those implicated to step aside. His most powerful critic was former President Jacob Zuma who wrote to Ramaphosa calling for him to subject himself to scrutiny over his CR17 campaign for ANC presidency. Andile Lungisa, the former ANC youth league deputy president, also wrote to Ramaphosa calling him to order. – NEWS24.