Mbeki lashed at Chris Hani service
By Hlengiwe Mnguni
Published in HIV/AIDS News by LearnScapes, issue 295
11/04/2008
Johannesburg – Chris Hani would have been disappointed
at the recent tripartite leadership, and the inequality
and unemployment still a reality in South Africa. This is
according to speakers at a memorial service held for the
former SA Communist Party leader.
The service was attended by ANC national executive committee
member and businessman Tokyo Sexwale, Congress of SA Trade
Unions secretary- general Zwelinzima Vavi, SA Communist
Party secretary- general Blade Nzimande, and the Hani family.
In his address Sexwale slammed President Thabo Mbeki for
his leadership style and stance on HIV yesterday. Sexwale
said the decisions taken at Polokwane were to ensure the
ANC went back to being the sensitive party it was in the
time of Hani. Sexwale also spoke out on Mbeki’s controversial
views on HIV/Aids. He said the blame for the failing HIV
programmes should be laid solely at the President’s
door. “I say no to collective responsibility. People
must be held responsible for their mistakes and failures”,
said Sexwale.
He said this should also apply to the electricity crisis.
Speakers at the service said Hani was a sensitive and responsive
leader who knew people and believed in consultation. Comrade
Chris would have been appalled by the culture of corruption
and self-enrichment, said Vavi.
He said Hani would have been disgusted by public representatives
looting the people’s assets by fraudulently awarding
tenders to members of their families. Nzimande said the
SACP still maintained that an inquest into Hani’s
death should be conducted, so the Hani family could obtain
closure.
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