President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a swipe at his political rivals including former president Jacob Zuma of uMkhonto weSizwe new political party aimed at battling the ANC during this year’s election.
During the cutting cake ceremony of celebrating 112 years of the ANC at Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga on Monday, Ramaphosa said he remains unfazed by the mushrooming of political parties in the country stressing that the ruling has proved to be the strongest party for that past 30 years.
Ramaphosa’s expelled former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule also launched a new political party. The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) was founded by Magashule and fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza.
Ramaphosa who said the ANC “fears fokol” as the so called “Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck” organisations will not amount to anything the ANC has done. He said this to assure ANC members that the party which will celebrate its birthday during the much awaited January 8 statement rally at Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga on Saturday is blooming and whole.
"Those who think the ANC can be airbrushed out of existence, can be booted out easily, are dreaming because it's not going to happen. It's only dreams. All these Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck organisations will not be able to unite a cross-section of South Africans like the ANC," he said.
Without mentioning names Ramaphosa said its renewal programme had successfully dismissed out members who were putting the ANC into disrepute.
"The process of dysfunctionality and disunity in the ANC was making us weak and now I can testify that we are much stronger now. Those who used to disrespect the ANC haven't seen anything yet but they will see for themselves because we are much stronger now,” said Ramaphosa.
"We must, as the ANC, remain rooted in our communities, for we were founded to serve our communities. And it is for this reason that the ANC has been, and will continue to strengthen its efforts to ground our organisation where it truly belongs."
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