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Members of the Umkhonto WeSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) protesting in Johannesburg on Monday morning. Image: Twitter / @SouthAfricaPoliceService
Magashule said that KwaZulu-Natal was an important province for the ANC and that the “enemy” wanted to divide the province.
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule has promised to help solve the problems that affect uMkhonto we Sizwe ex-combatants and urged them not to become demoralized because that is what the enemy wanted.
He promised to speak with the government, including KwaZulu Natal Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala and his executive, to find a solution to MK members’ complaints that included housing, employment and economic opportunities and other previously promised but undelivered benefits.
In what some saw as a mobilization by the ANC chief, he attacked ANC leaders who enjoyed the fruits of freedom while forgetting about the people who fought for that freedom. He attacked the Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, without naming him, saying that some leaders undermined freedom because they did not fight as those cadres did.
Magashule said the final decision on the complaints would be made by the ANC collective, not by himself. He promised to visit the province every fortnight until the problems of the MK members are taken care of.
He said the ANC would implement all resolutions made at the party’s Nasrec conference in full. He said that he was informed by the Minister of Agrarian Reform and Agriculture, Thoko Didiza, that the bill on expropriation of land without compensation was being processed in accordance with the Nasrec resolution.
“We will implement those resolutions without fail, comrades,” he said. Magashule said that KwaZulu-Natal was an important province for the ANC and that the “enemy” wanted to divide the province.
“When KZN splits, the ANC splits. We trust you, don’t do what others do, ”he said.
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