Mischievous ANC leaders use Fikile Mbalula as a scapegoat

Secretary-general did not propose postponement

- By Queenin Masuabi and Mawande AmaShabalala

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula is being used as a scapegoat by his mischievous colleagues who apportion the blame on him for the party's national working committee NWC) decisions that are deemed unpopular among the party 's rank and file.

This became apparent when several members of the ANC NWC complained that Mbalula has unilaterally postponed again, the much-awaited national executive committee (NEC) meeting which was scheduled to take place between April and June.

That meeting was then scheduled for this past weekend but on Monday the NWC took a decision to shelve it and look into another period sometime in August.

The ordinary NEC meeting was set to discuss the government of national unity (GNU), the toxic reconfiguration for the alliance and the national general council (NGC) billed for December among other issues.

"The SG is running away with the meeting and keeps on kicking the can down the road because he is avoiding the burning question of whether or not to keep the DA in the GNU," said one insider in the NWC.

Another source expressed their frustrations around the continuous cancellation or postponement of meetings.