On Friday, 5,420 delegates elected by branches across the country will begin arriving in Johannesburg for the African National Congress’s national conference. But the party that was once graced by leaders of integrity and stature, like John Dube, Albert Lutuli, Oliver Tambo and – of course – Nelson Mandela, is a shadow of its former self.
Once a party that served the people, it has become a machine to serve its elite. Its president, Jacob Zuma, has 783 corruption charges against him. None of the charges have been heard in court, with cases interminably delayed by clever legal manoeuvres.
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