[miningmx.com] – A LOSS of strong leadership within the South African government had undermined the tripartite alliance between the ANC, the SA Communist Party and Cosatu, said BDLive which cited former president, Kgalema Motlanthe.
“The point I am making is that the policies are in place, the constitution is in place, but if those in power can pick and choose when to adhere, when not to adhere then we have a very difficult situation,” Motlanthe told BDLive.
“My reading is that there is no alliance, there is one organisation existing inside the integuments of erstwhile independent organisations, but today to talk about Cosatu as an independent organisation from the ANC or the SACP I think is a delusion,” he said.
Motlanthe, a former Robben Island prisoner, has served in many positions in the alliance and rose to the level of ANC deputy president. He was the country’s president for a short period after the ANC booted Thabo Mbeki out of office in 2008.
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