Gigaba slammed for attending Kathrada funeral, reminded of insults at stalwarts

Author Palesa Morudu took to Twitter to remind Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba of how he had excoriated late ANC stalwarts, including Ahmed Kathrada, for being “ill-disciplined stalwarts”.

This happened after the ruling party’s veterans called for President Jacob Zuma to step down following the Nkandla saga. He was speaking at an ANC Heroes lecture in Gugulethu, Cape Town.

Gigaba responded, saying it was not the time to bring this up and denied ever saying anything disrespectful.

Morudu tweeted: “Malusi Gigaba actually called #UncleKathy an ‘illdisciplined so-called stalwart’. Things cadres say in the service of the Zupta project.”

Interestingly, there is evidence of Gigaba’s rant against struggle veterans.

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Other Twitter users also joined in, saying it was ironic Gigaba was now attending the funeral of Kathrada. Gauteng Premier David Makhura indirectly addressed this, urging attendees at the funeral to respect ANC stalwarts.

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