Gigaba, Mchunu’s doom talk shocks ANC – discipline looms

Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri

Cape Town – The ANC has announced disciplinary action against Malusi Gigaba and Senzo Mchunu for making public statements without party approval.

The party said their comments, including Gigaba’s warning that the ANC “will be history” if it loses municipalities, violated internal communication protocols and undermined party discipline.

“I think we are preoccupied with our little corners, our little groupings. There doesn’t seem to exist the possibility for us to get up briefly from these little groupings, so that we can now discuss what is … in the best interest of our country, of our movement, of our people, so that we achieve a postcolonial society. And until we are ready to do that, I think we are failing in our duty,” Gigaba reportedly said while speaking at the tombstone unveiling of late struggle stalwart Nokuhamba Nyawo in Machobeni in Ngwavuma, northern KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend, according to IOL.

Mchunu also uttered similar statements at the same event.

“If we do not win municipalities in the upcoming local government next year, come the national government elections, we will be history,” Times Live quoted him as saying.

ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu described their actions as an opportunistic attack on the party’s unity and credibility.

“These comrades acted outside of any sanctioned organisational mandate or collective structure making pronouncements in an amount to deliberate and disparage the ANC. There should be no doubt we reject the views of any intimate structure of the movement and must be seen as an opportunistic assault on the collective image, credibility, and cohesion of the African National Congress,” Bhengu said.

The ANC emphasised its identity as a revolutionary movement guided by democratic centralism and affirmed that all members are subject to party discipline.

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