ICYMI If the ANC party were to collapse, the country would become ungovernable: Mbeki
Former African National Congress president Thabo Mbeki says if the governing party were to collapse, the country would become ungovernable. He was addressing the party’s delegates in Free State.
The ANC Free State Interim Committee invited Mbeki in an effort to foster unity in the party. Mbeki says the ANC is too big and important to fail. “Comrades the ANC owes to nation, to the country to sort its self out, not so that Mxolisi Dukwana he should be in charge, but so that the ANC plays a role that is expected of it by the people. This state which the ANC has always been committed from its foundation, to serve the people of South Africa, that’s all it needs to do, its to serve the people of South Africa. We must bring back the ANC to do that.
“The reason it’s a trap is because if we take that route, then we will be preoccupied with this question who is supporting me and canvas and all sorts of things and completely forget about these urgent national tasks. Preoccupied with this question; I want to be a leader, time-consuming, absorbing all your energies in the meantime we are talking about all these important national challenges.
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