Former president Thabo Mbeki, who was addressing ANC delegates in Free State at the weekend, said the ruling party is too big to fail.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ruling party owes it to the nation to sort itself out. File image.Former president Thabo Mbeki says if the ANC were to collapse, the country would become ungovernable.
Mbeki, who was addressing ANC delegates in Free State at the weekend, said the ruling party is too big to fail. “If the ANC collapsed today, ceased to exist, this country would become ungovernable simply because of the influence of the party.He said the ruling party owed it to the nation to sort itself out and should focus on service delivery, not a leadership race.Free State co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC]“The ANC has always been committed, from its foundation, to serve the people of SA. That’s all it needs to do. We must bring back the ANC to do that,” said Mbeki.
“In my view, we cannot renew the ANC if we cannot renew ourselves as individual members and individual leaders. Our renewal should be based on respecting and upholding the constitution of the ANC.”
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