Dear Editor
Let me start by complimenting Mosiuoa Lekota for taking the bold step of letting out the badly kept secret that there is bad blood within the ANC camps of Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki. It must have taken a toll on him as a loyal member of the ANC to take this route.
The irony is the venomous way Jeff Radebe has come out in defence of the current ANC! It reminded me of a "woman scorned". I am of the view that there was nothing to be defensive about, Mr Radebe. There was no need to character assassinate Mr Lekota for complaining publicly about the goings on within the ruling party.
Mr Radebe, South Africans saw the hooliganism in Polokwane, in the ANCYL conference and the "kill for Zuma" statements and there is no point in defending them now.
In the same breath, let me congratulate Mr Radebe for telling South Africans of how Mr Lekota et al treated Nelson Mandela. What took you so long Mr Radebe? Were you waiting for this opportunity to give the "brotherly advice" to Mr Lekota to go and apologise to Mr Mandela?
I guess your advice is belated, considering this "ill-treatment" happened five years ago and you did nothing about it until now. If this is how "comrades" treat each other, I shudder to think how they treat their enemies.
Which then explains the manner in which Mr Mbeki has been treated by ANC in KZN, in Polokwane and recently the ANC NEC without any condemnation from the self-righteous Mr Radebe.
Tell us Mr Radebe, is it civil of the ANC members to carry "criminals" shoulder-high to the gates of prisons? Is it civil and proper to be "expected" of ANC members to show up at courts for your "dancing" president?
What "political solution" does the ANC have for Mr Zuma? Please tell the citizens of this country. All shall be equal before the law!
Thobile Ndungane
Cape Town
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