| Re: Mbeki's weak plot: Daily Telegraph [boodskap #41323] |
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Ek is so bly dat iemand anders as ek sien dat die regering wel neig om net
soos ander een party Afrika state te word en wil optree. Ek sê mos nog die
hele tyd, wat maak Suid-Afrika anders?
Lyk my niks nie.
Groete
Logic
albert skryf in boodskap news:3AEA9089.963A59DE@hotmail.com...
Daily Telegraph, London, Friday 27th April 2001 reports:
Mbeki's weak plot
News: Mandela defends trio accused by the ANC
UNSUBSTANTIATED charges that three South African
politicians turned businessmen were plotting to harm
and oust President Thabo Mbeki are, happily,
backfiring against those who made them.
Yesterday, Nelson Mandela spoke of his respect for
Cyril Ramaphosa, Tokyo Sexwale and Mathews Phosa
and warned against prejudging the issue. The Congress
of South African Trade Unions and the South African
Communist Party, partners with the African National
Congress in the ruling alliance, voiced their criticism.
Press comment was likewise adverse. Embarrassingly
for the government, the furore coincides with
preparations for the seventh anniversary of the country's
first fully multi-racial elections. In London, the climax of
the celebrations will be a "Freedom Day Concert" in
Trafalgar Square on Sunday.
The allegations originated with James Mkumbale, a
former ANC official. Steve Tshwete, the safety and
security minister, announced that the three accused
were under police investigation, and Mr Mbeki gave the
rumours wing by speaking, without providing any
evidence, of "a conspiratorial thing". Such vagueness
suggests that the president is encouraging a smear
campaign to blacken the name of possible challengers
to his leadership of the ANC. Of these, by far the most
serious is Mr Ramaphosa, the party's former secretary
general, who negotiated the end of apartheid and now
heads a publishing house. The next full party
conference is due at the end of 2002 and the man voted
party leader then will run for the presidency two years
later.
The racialist thuggery in neighbouring Zimbabwe is a
warning to South Africa of what can happen when a
leader puts his own political survival ahead of the good
of the country. For Mr Mbeki to condone police
involvement in what appears to be legitimate political
rivalry within the ruling party is an ominous step
towards authoritarian rule. A challenge to his leadership
from within the ANC would hold him to account for a
record which is far from perfect. The best outcome of
this sinister but clumsy smear would be to strengthen
Mr Ramaphosa's hand
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