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He failed to mobilise young people during the campaign, and calling his two terms as Youth League President unremarkable is generous. I have no view on Mbeki's recent interventions. My concern is that this kind of politics may be the only kind Collen knows how to do.
ANCYL president Collen Malatji has hit back at Thabo Mbeki over his call for Cyril Ramaphosa to resign, saying the former president is part of the problem and questioning why he did not step down when similar challenges faced the ANC during his tenure.
#ANCYL #CollenMalatji #ThaboMbeki #CyrilRamaphosa #ANC #LGE2026
📸: Simon Majadibodu/IOL
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Mandela championed GEAR
The third-term issue was merely one of several factors that contributed to the change of guard in 2007. I would say the manner in which JZ was sacked as DP was a bigger issue than TM wanting a 3rd term(which was wrong).
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This is a rather simplistic view. JZ had already decided to contest the presidency after being sacked as DP in 2005. By then, he had begun consolidating the support of those who would later campaign for his presidency ahead of the conference(according to Vavi).
If Mbeki stood aside in 2007 at Polokwane, the country would have been on a very different trajectory
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TM argues that the 2017 ANC National Conference adopted a resolution on renewal and mandated the National Executive Committee (NEC) to implement it. However, he contends that the NEC failed to take any meaningful action to advance the renewal agenda. He further points out that the 2022 ANC National Conference reaffirmed the same resolution, yet, to this day, the NEC has still failed to act decisively on its implementation.
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I totally agree.
Former President Mbeki says that if the rumours are true that President Ramaphosa wants to resign, then that would be a correct decision to take as there’s nothing positive that happened during his presidential term. 👀 (🎥: @AfriRenPodcast)
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Pres Mbeki’s argument that accountability = resigning is plausible, but incomplete. Resignation is 1 form of accountability. The harder question is then what? Leadership also requires taking responsibility for what follows. Accountability can also be staying & clean up your mess.
I’d disagree if the LGE result varied considerably from the National Elections. But the fact that the LGE followed suit makes the case stronger.
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