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Mbeki and ANC Youth League clash in statements

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Mbeki and ANC Youth League clash in statementsLula Oficial · CC BY-SA 4.0

Two weeks after the ANC’s defeat in local elections, former president Thabo Mbeki called on the party leadership to resign, saying Cyril Ramaphosa had been right to consider stepping down. ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji responded by accusing him of hypocrisy, saying the party’s current problems date back to his presidency.

ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji has accused former South African president Thabo Mbeki of hypocrisy over his calls for the party leadership to resign. He said some of the problems currently affecting the ANC, including corruption and the erosion of trust, emerged during Mbeki’s presidency, IOL reports.

South African trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi, for his part, believes the current ANC leaders should resign if they want to preserve the party. He attributes the electoral losses in particular to failures in the economy and public services, citing the living conditions of populations facing sanitation problems, according to IOL.

The exchanges come after Mbeki called for the ANC leadership to resign and his statements that Ramaphosa should resign after the ANC setback, published on 10 November.

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