A long-serving ANC leader Bethuel Mthethwa has quit the party to join former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
Mthethwa is the former mayor of Jozini local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). He is reportedly leaving while facing corruption allegations.
He was subjected to the step-aside rule after an accusation of crime drawing back from when he was still the mayor.
As reported by Scrolla, Mthethwa left because he believed the ANC no longer stands up for poor black people.
According to Mthethwa, the ANC has turned into a newer version of the National Party (NP) because the party’s top leadership was doing what the NP did to black people in the past.
“This is what they do whenever the organisation is heading to its elective conferences.
“They make sure that the state organs are used to destroy their internal political opponents, which was the style of the National Party during apartheid,” Mthethwa said.
He claimed that because he felt the ANC was no longer a movement for Black people, he was forced to leave.
Mthethwa contended that the ANC’s credibility had been compromised by financial interests, as seen by the growing manipulation of party congresses.
Additionally, he asserted that the party no longer had valid organisational structures and instead depended on flimsy ones that were only used for election purposes.
Mthethwa said that whoever was deployed to bring change to the people would only focus on developing those who were close to them.
“It is the version of the National Party which is being disguised as a liberation movement,” he said.
