Former Gauteng Premier, Mbhazima Shilowa, has cautioned South Africans not to be misled by the ANC’s public criticism of former President Jacob Zuma. Image: Facebook Mbhazima Shilowa
Shilowa: Don’t be misled by ANC’s public criticism of Zuma
Former Gauteng Premier, Mbhazima Shilowa, says the recent attacks on Zuma were self-serving and not driven by the country’s concerns.
Former Gauteng Premier, Mbhazima Shilowa, has cautioned South Africans not to be misled by the ANC’s public criticism of former President Jacob Zuma. Image: Facebook Mbhazima Shilowa
Former ANC leader and Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has warned South Africans should not be misled by the ANC’s public criticism of former President Jacob Zuma because they come from self-serving people who seek to protect their political benefits.
Shilowa, who is a co-founder of the breakaway party Congress of the People (COPE), said the recent attacks on Zuma by the likes of ANC KwaZulu Natal (KZN) provincial secretary, Bheki Mtolo, were driven by the ANC’s political interests rather than the country’s concerns.
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PEOPLE MUST QUESTION CRITICISM AGAINST ZUMA: SHILOWA
He urged people to question the criticism against Zuma and not simply accept them unquestioningly as the gospel truth.
“There are many individuals, both from inside and outside of the ANC and in the country, that were insulted by people like Mbalula, Gwede, Zwelinzima because they were all about supporting Jacob Zuma.”
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‘ZUMA REMOVED BREAD FROM THEIR MOUTHS’
“So when today they say this fellow is bad, we must not only take it with a pinch of salt, we must say to them ‘no, you think we are stupid,'” Shilowa said.
He said these people felt betrayed because Zuma removed the bread from their mouths. “He’s decided he’s also going to take the trough, so they won’t even have the feeding trough to feed from going forward.”
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ZUMA AWARE THAT HE SEVERED TIES WITH ANC: MANTASHE
Last week, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said the ANC would take action against Zuma, who has publicly de-campaign the ANC in favor of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party, through a disciplinary process, but that would only happen after the elections.
“We don’t want to be distracted in an election year,” he said during a radio interview. Despite Zuma’s claims that he’s still a member of the ANC, Mantashe refuted this saying Zuma was fully aware that he had severed ties with the ruling party.
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