Zuma warns ANC members
2007-05-26 22:22
Durban - Jacob Zuma on Saturday warned African National Congress (ANC) party members to ensure that the party did not become "power-drunk".
Speaking at an ANC branch meeting in Durban's Chatsworth suburb, he said: "The ANC is going to rule South Africa for a long time. But, we must not fall into the mistake of being power drunk," he said.
Zuma had been invited to speak at the Khulisa branch meeting held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of so-called Three Doctors Pact - a pact signed by the leaders of the Natal Indian Congress Party (NIC), the Transvaal Indian Congress Party (TIC) and the African National Congress in which the three parties pledged to help each other overcome apartheid.
Zuma urged ANC members to watch "power in authority".
"Please watch that and raise issues and ensure that there is a culture of participation (within the ANC)," he said.
Zuma added that the pact signed between the three doctors - Dr Monty Naicker of the NIC, Dr Yusuf Dadoo of the TIC and Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma of the ANC - was a forerunner to the ANC's Freedom Charter and eventually the principle would also be incorporated into the South African constitution.
- SAPA