ANC renewal shouldn’t keep South Africa back, says Motlanthe
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe believes that South Africans shouldn’t be bound by the African National Congress’ (ANC) timetable to renew itself.
Motlanthe made the comments while addressing an online discussions hosted by the Centre for Development and Enterprise on Wednesday evening night.
“I think the ANC is within its rights to embark on efforts to renew itself, but South Africans shouldn’t be bound by that timetable. SA should move on and the ANC must catch up with SA.”
Motlanthe says the ruling party knows if it does not change it will become irrelevant to the citizens.
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“The leadership of the ANC accepts now that unless it does something about the trajectory of the organisation, there is no doubt it will lose elections and be irrelevant to the general population.”
However, Motlanthe adds he doesn’t believe that there are any political parties that represent the future.
“The 2016 and 2019 elections indicate that we are in a period of political flux, which must necessarily result in a realignment of political forces. I don’t think the current political parties represent the future.”
During the discussion Motlanthe also spoke out against Russia’s invasion in the Ukraine, saying there were opportunities to intervene and avoid the eventual invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Motlanthe said the war will be a no-win situation for both countries, and in that Motlanthe said he “condemns” Russia for its actions.
He is the first high profile politician within the ANC to publicly speak out against the invasion of Ukraine.
