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Head of the Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane speaks at the Daily Maverick and EWN's annual the Gathering event at the Sandton Convention Centre on 23 November 2017. The event discussed many challenges faced by the country and featured prominent political figures and panel discussions. Picture: Yeshiel Panchia
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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