The ANC is trying to deal with the disputed Zimbabwean election results, its secretary-general (and Zanu-PF supporter) Fikile Mbalula has said in a letter, so a public lecture on an ANC platform could make things difficult.
A banner featuring Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of his inauguration in Harare on 4 September.The ANC's Fikile Mbalula has shown support for Zanu-PF and has had much criticism for its opposition.
Now, he has said there are sensitive initiatives under way, the kind of which should not be disrupted by certain public statements. "[The University of the Witwatersrand] is the venue for the OR Tambo School of Leadership and my lecture. I am also a visiting professor at the Wits School of Governance; a member of the board of the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa; and, in addition, I am the head of the regional think tank SAPES Trust.
"If we don't work hard to ensure that we have free and fair elections in our region, we create a problem for ourselves," Mumba said.
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