ANC Attacks Mazibuko: "She Ain't A True African"

Demanding accountability from leaders is African: Lindiwe Mazibuko

 Because the moderate-liberal parliamentarian — who regularly calls for more accountability from the ruling African National Congress — is pushing for a more business-friendly environment in South Africa, so the country can dramatically reduce its very high unemployment rate. From IOL News (South Africa): "The ANC has rejected a call for President Jacob Zuma to retract his statement that businesses which support the party will prosper, saying this was a cultural gesture of goodwill and did not mean such companies would win state contracts. The party’s spokesman, Jackson Mthembu, also hit back at DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko, who made the call on Monday, saying she didn’t understand African cultural practices, including wishing prosperity to those who offered gifts."

More about the ANC's response to the Democratic Alliance's parliamentary leader: "Mthembu suggested that Mazibuko 'get a life' after she said Zuma’s comments, made at an ANC gala dinner last week attended by captains of industry, implied that by backing the ANC businesses would reap financial rewards, 'which can only be leveraged through state resources'. Mazibuko called on Zuma to clarify whether his statement was government policy and to retract it if it was not."

MP Mazibuko's original statement which angered the ANC: "She said the remarks had the potential to 'severely compromise the principle of good governance'. 'With high levels of corruption already costing the economy billions of rand, hurting the poor and vulnerable the hardest, such a comment is deeply irresponsible. However, it comes as little surprise. This is further evidence of how President Zuma fundamentally confuses the role of the state and party, and how the government continues to misuse public money, which should be spent on the poor,' said Mazibuko."