Contralesa launches campaign to 'save ANC'

Traditional leaders ask to meet Phosa

- By Setumo Stone [e-mail]

The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has dropped a bombshell when it stated that there is a leadership vacuum in the ANC to confront various critical challenges in the country, and the organisation is embarking on a national “pilgrimage” to rescue Africa’s oldest liberation movement.

The organisation that represents traditional leaders across the country said this in a letter it wrote to former ANC treasurer-general Matthew Phosa, in which it seeks an audience with him to discuss its concerns.

Phosa is among various former ANC leaders, former presidents and former provincial premiers Contralesa has written to request a meeting, as part of its national pilgrimage, to meet with them to ventilate their frustrations with the problems besieging the ANC.

“The national executive committee of Contralesa is deeply concerned about the escalating political instability, fragmentation among progressive forces, resurgence of ultra-right tendencies, endemic poverty, rising unemployment, rampant criminality, corruption, and the apparent leadership vacuum in confronting these challenges.

“Contralesa hereby requests an audience with you, in the hope of drawing on your wisdom regarding the immense challenges currently confronting our country.

“Contralesa is undertaking a national pilgrimage to consult with senior leaders and stakeholders across the nation. The central purpose of these engagements is to deliberate on the deteriorating political, social, and economic conditions gripping our beloved country” read the letter.