Mbeki Tribalism Jab at Zuma Echoes AgangSAs leader, Mamphela Ramphele Former president Thabo Mbeki has put the issue of tribalism firmly under the spotlight with scathing remarks about “tribal deployment’ in the ANC-run government. The statesman slammed the tendency by ministers to appoint their “homeboys” to government posts. “I know it’s a fact, it’s a deliberate, conscious homeboy case. If people were to be honest, political formations are used to encourage it. It’s a matter of if you vote for me and support me, these are the benefits that you will get and your first recourse is somebody you think you will conspire with in your own language,” said Mbeki. President Jacob Zuma has come under fire for filling key cabinet positions with people from his KwaZulu-Natal home province and stronghold. This is especially so of the security cluster ministers. Mbeki’s latest remarks supports and echoes the same sentiments of Mamphela Ramphele’s scathing attack on the ANC last September, accusing the governing party of promoting tribalism, contrary to the teachings and ideals of the country’s liberation movements. “The ANC has lost the moral authority to govern: the corruption of power is absolute. The corruption of Ubuntu and our shared values is unforgivable. “These leaders seem to think ‘it’s our turn to eat’. “Twenty years is too long to wait for everyone to eat. Patronage seems to work for a lucky few from KZN. For the rest, the food parcels arrive before the election but people need to eat every day, not once every five years. We must stand up and speak out against this narrow tribalism. This road leads nowhere. We need only look north of the border to see that.” Click the link below to Ramphele’s full Heritage Day speech. agangsa.org.za/news/entry/unity-in-diversity-heritage-day-address-dr-mamphela-ramphele-leader-of-agang #ChangeIsNow
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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