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Why, why, why was Magashule suspended?

NYANISO QWESHA

WHAT is happening now within the ANC is like hearing the voice of the late Baba Shabalala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo singing Homeless.

Hearing his loud and beautiful voice singing this verse, “somebody cry why, why, why?”

Why now? What had happened? I think there was a time when the ANC was the model of the future, and everyone wanted to be associated with the organisation because of its profound history and its impeccable leaders.

A change happened; we started seeing a different type of leadership and started seeing several corrupt elements within the party camouflaging as servants of the people.

There was also a profound statement from a senior member of the ANC, Bathabile Dlamini, with the term smolanyana skeletons that everyone hides; this was a saying when this problem was starting to be noticeable. At the time of this statement, we were far from the stepaside rule. We also did not know that this day of reckoning will come.

In my view, the step-aside rule was an important decision by the ANC to take a stand against corruption and disassociate itself from tainted members so that its image was not cluttered.

What came as a surprise was the suspension of the secretary-general of the ANC, a first for me. The question remains, why, why, why?

To improve the organisation’s governance systems, the leaders needed to practise what they preach: “Tone at the top.”

What happens to all members is what should happen to the leadership, and no other treatment. If the rule is inconsistently applied, it will fall flat, and no one will follow.

It is now or never to stop this continuing rise of fraud and corruption. However, it is essential to note that this is not an Ace Magashule rule, but rather for all the ANC members that meet the criteria as defined. | Wynberg

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2021-05-07T07:00:00.0000000Z

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