Wednesday’s anti-Zuma march is a ‘coup’, says Mngxitama

The South African Association of Public Administration and Management hosted a discussion at the Tshwane University of Technology today, titled ‘Is the post-apartheid state unravelling?’‚ and Andile Mngxitama was a panellist at the dialogue.

Mngxitama allegedly railed against President Jacob Zuma’s detractors and said Wednesday’s planned march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria was a plot to overthrow the state.

According to Sowetan Live, Mngxitama said: “The march tomorrow is organised by white monopoly capital. It is a coup because President Zuma hasn’t done anything.

“Those people talking about Save SA and corruption — they are corrupt themselves‚” he said.

The EFF is among those organising tomorrow’s march, and Mngxitama has accused the party’s leaders of being involved in a coup attempt. Mngxitama left the Economic Freedom Fighters after clashing with EFF leader Julius Malema and now leads the Black First Land First group‚ which also calls for land expropriation without compensation.

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Mngxitama added white people did not have the moral authority to chase anyone out of the country‚ including the controversial Gupta family.

“Have white people in this country apologised for apartheid‚ colonialism‚ genocide of black people? No‚” he said in response to comments from Zwelinzima Vavi‚ whom he accused of being an apologist of “white monopoly capital”.

Vavi was not so quick to give Zuma credit‚ saying the post-apartheid state had been unravelling since the start and compared Zuma’s recent about-turn on the land expropriation issue to a tactic Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used to retain his hold on power.

“When his back was against the wall in Zimbabwe‚ he [Mugabe] suddenly remembered: ‘I’ve done nothing about the land.’ He remembers‚ just like President Zuma is remembering in 2017.”

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– Caxton News Service

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