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The ANC said the members simply took a walk with Defense Minister Nosiziwe Mapisa-Ngqakula, who was on her way to the country.
Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member and Minister for Social Development Lindiwe Zulu said the Zimbabwe crisis was a case of national importance, justifying party members traveling using state resources.
Zulu was part of an ANC delegation, led by Secretary General Ace Magashule, sent to the neighboring country by the party this week.
The visit was for the ANC to meet with its Zimbabwean counterpart, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), on human rights violations in the country.
Zimbabweans have been subjected to the harshest treatment and arrests for denouncing corruption and the economic crisis in the country.
The ANC said the members simply took a walk with Defense Minister Nosiziwe Mapisa-Ngqakula, who was on her way to the country.
They were not the first sent to Zimbabwe by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Last month, a government envoy was sent there to address the unrest in the country, but that visit was unsuccessful.
Now, Ramaphosa, in his capacity as president of the ANC, sent the party leadership to speak with the Zanu-PF and other opposition parties.
But why would the party use state resources to fulfill its obligations?
The chairman of the ANC’s subcommittee on international relations, Zulu said that the current situation justified this measure.
“We have matters of national importance here. This is something that needs to be understood and understood very clearly. When there is a problem that has a negative impact on us as a nation. What is happening does not have an impact on the ANC, it is an impact on our people and our economy ”.
The South African National Defense Force has yet to comment on the matter.
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