OPINION | Blade Nzimande and his comrades in the leadership of the SACP had been given custodianship of what was once one of the most iconic brands in African liberation tradition, writes Mondli Makhanya for City_Press.
To get some context regarding how long Nzimande had been the SACP’s general secretary, you have to remember that, in 1998, the year he was elected, Bafana Bafana qualified for the World Cup with the likes of the late Shoes Moshoeu and Phil Masinga.
In that same year, acting president Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi had a rush of hot blood to his head and ordered the SA National Defence Force into Lesotho, where the ill-prepared troops were whipped by that country’s elementary army.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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