Mbeki slams Zuma at NEC Lekgotla

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Former ANC President Thabo Mbeki has launched a scathing attack on his successor Jacob Zuma at the party’s NEC Lekgotla. He was addressing the ANC’s elections commission at the NEC Lekgotla in Boksburg after the National Executive Committee resolved to summarily suspend Zuma for contravening the party’s constitution.

Mbeki labelled Zuma’s term of office as Head of State and party President as counter-revolutionary years.

“It is counter-revolution that produced failure and disaster for the ANC,” said Mbeki.

He referenced the ten years of Zuma’s term of office as a period in which there was a deliberate attempt to destroy the South African Revenue Services [SARS].

“He was directly involved in capturing and taking over SARS and subsequently Eskom.”

Mbeki was the last speaker in the elections commission, looking at the electoral fortunes of the governing party.

“He took over the process of destruction, him and Tom Moyane aggressively so.”

Mbeki adds that “this has immensely contributed to the bad narrative the ANC government suffers today”.

He told the commission that between 1994 and 2007, the country’s economy was performing well – there was growth in the GDP, economy and less crime, but from 2008 to date, things changed dramatically.

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