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Zim’s Zanu-PF and ANC are in the same ‘WhatsApp group’, says Maimane

The liberation movements have a limited lifespan, and they often adopt the very values they fought against, says the DA leader.


Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has likened Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party to Africa’s oldest liberation movement, African National Congress (ANC), saying Robert Mugabe’s downfall this week was a signal of the ANC’s own decline.

Speaking at Daily Maverick’s The Gathering on Thursday, in Sandton, Johannesburg, Maimane said Zanu-PF and the ANC were in “the same WhatsApp group” – in other words, two peas in a pod.

“In truth, the story of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF is precisely the same story of Zuma’s ANC. It’s an indicator of the fact that liberation movements often run their course,” Maimane said according to a Daily Maverick report.

“I’d like to argue that Zanu-PF and the ANC – as the young people would say – same WhatsApp group.”

He said liberation movements like Zanu-PF and the ANC had a limited lifespan as they adopted the very values they had fought against.

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