'If the ANC collapsed today, ceased to exist, this country would become ungovernable simply because of the influence of the party,' said the former president.
He said the ruling party owed it to the nation to sort itself out and should focus on service delivery, not a leadership race.Free State co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC]“The ANC has always been committed, from its foundation, to serve the people of SA. That’s all it needs to do. We must bring back the ANC to do that,” said Mbeki.“We can’t allow it to die. We must be the first to make sure a renewed ANC lives.
“In my view, we cannot renew the ANC if we cannot renew ourselves as individual members and individual leaders. Our renewal should be based on respecting and upholding the constitution of the ANC.”
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