ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has taken a dig at his successor Ace Magashule, suggesting that had he been schooled by the National Union of Mineworkers like his three predecessors, he wouldn't have made the blunders he did — including his ...
Magashule was the first ANC secretary-general since its unbanning who did not come from the mining union. Mantashe, Cyril Ramaphosa and Kgalema Motlanthe were all NUM general secretaries who later held the powerful position within the ANC.
Mantashe repeatedly said it was important not to criticise one's predecessor or successor, to avoid “plunging the organisation into chaos”. “You go to a municipality, you arrest all the clerks but once you begin to touch the mayor, everybody stands up,“We must allow ourselves to deal with both tigers and flies to succeed. In a few years down the line, corruption and factionalism are going to be an exception. If we don't do that, we are in trouble,” he said.
“It will take some bold leadership to change the direction of being seen as amasela [thieves], to correct that situation.
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