ANCYL Free State ditches planned GangsterState book burning
The ANC Youth League in the Free State has buckled under pressure and has ditched plans to destroy copies of a new book that is critical of governing party's secretary general Ace Magashule.
The launch of the book was disrupted in Sandton on Tuesday evening and this has sparked wide condemnation, including from the ANC. "However, we will go ahead with condemnation and engaging the falsehoods which are presented in that particular book because we believe it is propaganda intended to undermine the integrity of the leadership of the ANC," Pietersen said in an interview.
"The ANC fought for freedom of speech in South Africa and it cannot be that the ANCYL fights against even if we disagree with the book as it is," Nzuza said.
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