Addressing the Gauteng ANC renewal workshop, Thabo Mbeki said the ANC has been correctly calling for an audit of its members as the quality of membership has declined.
Former president Thabo Mbeki . File Picture: BHEKI RADEBEThe African National Congress has to audit its membership, assessing the quality of the constituencies and educating the members as the party seeks to renew itself following the disastrous May 29 general elections where the party lost its historic majority.
“I am saying, it is my view that it is very correct, what the movement has said over decades – that the quality of our membership has been declining and let us do something about it. The movement was correct. The renewal process that we must undertake in this process cannot avoid that, but as comrades have said correctly, that should never be done on a factional basis,” said Mbeki.
“We will be a new ANC doing new thing, not because we want the ANC to look beautiful, but because the ANC by definition is a servant of the people. It must serve the people and the people will say in next elections, we vote ANC,” said Mbeki.He added that the ANC has much introspection to do, to renew itself for survival.
“Part of the renewal, you need a process to audit this membership, in order to, on the basis of certain criteria, to be able to say stay on as a member and you go on probation. It arises from decisions that have been taken by the movement about itself over a number of decades.”
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