ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula says the late ANC Youth League leader, Peter Mokaba was a selfless leader who did not join the party to be appointed in government positions or to enrich himself.
Image: Twitter@MyANCAfrican National Congress Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula says the late ANC Youth League leader, Peter Mokaba was a selfless leader who did not join the party to be appointed in government positions or to enrich himself.He says when Mokaba was included in the cabinet by former President Thabo Mbeki, he did not protest although there were calls from the youth league to protest at the time.
“We wanted to protest, we wanted to do all sorts of things, but Comrade Peter reminded us and convinced us in his house in Wendywood. And he said to us; ‘Comrades, the day you defend me to be in cabinet, that is the day the revolution will be gone because you’ll be defending Peter Mokaba, not the revolution. The President has made his decision and therefore we must respect the president of the ANC for the decisions he has taken’.
We commemorate icons of our struggle because that offers an opportunity to make profound reflections on the course of our struggle in the current epoch. The zeal, character and absolute determination of past leaders such as Cde Peter Mokaba against all odds, even against the…
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