Former President Thabo Mbeki Refuses to Campaign for ANC, Urges Youth to Reconsider Voting for Ruling Party

• Former ANC and South African president Thabo Mbeki has fired shots at the African National Congress
• Mbeki said that he cannot campaign for the ruling party knowing that crininals run some branches
• The former president also urged the youth to question why they they would want to vote for the ANC

PRETORIA - Former president Thabo Mbeki has broken ranks, claiming he cannot campaign for the African National Congress (ANC) ahead of the 2024 election in good conscience.

The ANC stalwart was speaking at the University of South Africa's Thbo Mbeki's African School of Public and International Affairs.

Mbeki aimed at corrupt ANC officials, claiming that he could not go out and tell South Africans to vote for criminals, TimesLIVE reported. Mbeki said:

"It is not possible to go and say people must vote for a criminal.”

Read also

Malema slammed after EFF axed 210 public representatives over 10-anniversary transport debacle: "Malema is a dictator"

Mbeki urges youth to question voting for ANC

The former South African and ANC president said the youth must demand answers from the ruling party before casting their votes, IOL reported.

Mbeki urged young voters to question what justifies their votes for the ANC when there are so many negatives related to the party.

The former president also stressed the importance of heading to the polls, adding that questioning political parties is not an alternative to participating in the elections.

SA divided over Thabo Mbeki's ANC comments

Below are some comments:

@OJay92122825 cautioned:

"Emotions will not work, young people must not gamble with their future, they need to be sober and woke."

@PaballoMaz90937 criticised:

"This posture of former president Thabo Mbeki speaking and de-campaigning ANC is very worrying."

Read also

Zimbabweans in SA plan protest march in opposition to ZANU-PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-election

@_Antono__ praised:

"Thabo is on-point. He saw, sees and foresees the deterioration of the once great-ANC."

@Eagle66017981 questioned:

"Is he anti-ANC or anti-Cyril Ramaphosa? What happened to his mantra 'the ANC lives' when he was still president?"

Thabo Mbeki takes aim at Julius Malema

In another story, Briefly News reported that former president Thabo Mbeki added his voice to the sea of criticism against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema.

Mbeki is the latest politician to take aim at Malema for chanting Kill the Boer at the party's 10th-anniversary celebration at FNB Stadium in July.

Speaking at an event at Unisa, Mbeki questioned why the EFF leader chanted the song, claiming that the struggle song should not be chanted in modern-day South Africa, TimesLIVE reported.

Source: Briefly News