"When we reject the GNU, we are not rejecting the ANC; we are in an alliance with the ANC. Now we are led by white people; whites are back in power; they have control over what must happen, and that is why we are opposed to the government of National Unity." - SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila
"We want to say to our movement, the ANC, please do not be the agent to recolonize our country. We fought over 372 years of colonialism; we removed the colonialists and occupied political offices to transform our country. Please don't take us 400 years back." - Solly Mapaila
ANC SG Fikile Mbalula had a lighthearted moment during the ANC press conference when a journalist's phone rang.
With a hint of humor, @MbalulaFikile quipped, "We see you've come with all the nefarious intentions to disrupt this press conference, but I must tell you, you won't succeed."
"I then want to respond to the member from the MK Party about Ukraine. Clearly, you're learning your history from the wrong places; don't believe everything Ubaba ka Duduzane tells you. The real uMkhonto WeSizwe, you would know that Joe Modise took them for training in Odessa, which is in Ukraine." - Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen
"Go and understand your history before you come here and pretend to be uMkhonto weSizwe when you know nothing about the real MK and its contribution to this country." - @jsteenhuisen
"Julius Malema, you know, he talks too much. He says they want a GNU without the ANC before the elections, and then Floyd Shivambu follows, saying, 'We want to remove the ANC surgically everywhere.' @FloydShivambu said all political parties, including the DA and us, must come together and surgically remove the ANC." - ANC SG Fikile Mbalula
"Now the election results are out, and they have produced what they produced. Can they work together without the ANC? No, the people of South Africa refused and said the @MYANC will become the bigger leader." @MbalulaFikile
ANC January 8 Statement: @MbalulaFikile Announces 2024 Celebrations in Cape Town
“On the January 8 celebrations, The ANC Noted that the January 8 rally will be held in Cape Town in the province of the Western Cape and that preparations are well underway” ANC SG Fikile Mbalula
“Any leadership contests or lobbying at this point in time is what the ANC NEC regards as a destruction and distracting our focus from the key tasks of the national democratic revolution, there will be a time for disciplined discussions as well as engagement on the issues of leadership succession now is not that time” President Cyril Ramaphosa
“in fact our next national conference is only in 2027 and we are currently in 2024 so there is still a great deal of time to deal with all these matters of leadership, right now the @MYANC must focus on rebuilding the organisation” @CyrilRamaphosa
"When people say you should have formed a coalition with the MK Party and EFF because they are less dangerous, to me, if Floyd Shivambu could take a public platform saying 'our intention is to remove the ANC surgically from power,' that is not less dangerous." - Minister Gwede Mantashe
"The MK Party wanted to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa; we reminded them that when Jacob Zuma was president of the ANC, the EFF put the same condition; we refused and are refusing now." Gwede Mantashe
Jacob Zuma not happy with Protesters
MK Party Unrest: Zuma Addresses Protesters
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“I am a member of the ANC” Jacob Zuma.. “NO He's expelled” Fikile Mbalula
"Let me also talk about the people who are protesting. I hope they are listening, as well. They are missing the point; they seem to have joined our party for reasons that are slightly different from ours. And if they are cadres of the MK Party, they must stop doing it." - @MkhontoweSizwex Party President Jacob Zuma
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“If they produce documents then the Spaza shop must get registered and in registering it we must also register them to pay tax. After it's registered it means it's a legitimate Spaza shop, whether it's owned by a foreign national or a South African it's legal” Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
Then we said @HealthZA will then come in & on the door of each spaza shop, we put a set of laws about what must happen. No. 1 for instance we know that some of the spaza shop owners Sleep in there, that should not be happening. they cook in there, they wash in there that should not be happening, they even worship in there” Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi
EFF MP Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi was asked to take a seat after raising a point of order.
“You are sitting in the wrong place, that's why you're asking things we don't know about, when are you leaving?” - Dr Blade Nzimande
"What do you make of the 'one settler, one bullet' policy as a way forward, thank you very much?" EFF MP Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
"One settler, one bullet" is an old slogan of the PAC. It's the slogan that was used back then by APLA Forces to conserve ammunition. However, it's not a slogan we use today since we're not fighting anymore. By the way, Comrade @MbuyiseniNdlozi please leave PAC affairs to PAC members, thank you." - Mzwanele Nyhontso @MyPAConline President and Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development.
Pastor Paseka Mboro's court case has been postponed to November 11, 2024, with his bail extended until then
- The bail of his bodyguards has also been extended
- Additionally, a warning has been issued to Pastor Mboro's son.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa made a notable gesture during Tito Mboweni's funeral service in Tzaneen, Limpopo, by specifically acknowledging EFF President Julius Malema.
Ramaphosa thanked Malema for speaking positively about him in parliament this past Thursday
