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African National Corruption!Readers let ANC know what they think of them

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ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile calls for deep introspection and renewal within the party, urging members to fix past mistakes and restore the ANC’s credibility ahead of the 2026 elections

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A selection of WhatsApps and Facebook posts from readers about stories of the day

Death of twins. Police incompetent. This goes back to the station commander. I work with SAPS at station level. You won’t believe how lazy, incompetent and uninterested they are in doing their work. I’m not surprised the statement is missing. Problem is, they are all the same. – LEN

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‘If we don’t fix our mistakes, we won’t succeed’: Mashatile urges ANC renewal before 2026 elections.

  • Show us you are serious by going after the people indicated by the Zondo commission. – Abrie Burger
  • They’ve been saying this for decades. Actions speak louder than words... – Mark Busby
  • What would Mashatile know about accountability? – Kevin Mulligan
  • But the ANC has really got no talented leaders who can take the party forward. Lackluster at best and dismal at worst. – Margaret Graff
  • Is a mistake a mistake if done intentionally? – Charles Michael Lamb
  • Read the book, The Dark Prince, and you will learn more about this controversial man who the ANC forces on us as our ‘deputy president’. – Kobus Kruger
  • Even Ramasofa does not ask his deputy to stand in for him during his grand tour to the east. Instead the finance minister was asked to stand in! Makes one think! – Matt Williams
  • The way the ANC renewing themselves for the past 30 years, at this rate they will be a new-born liberation movement – Rashid Gaffoor
  • Dit lyk my niemand vertrou niemand , want iemand weet waartoe hul in staat is. Maar dis die waarheid, niemand is onskuldig, almal weet van mekaar se CORRUPTION. (t seems to me that no one trusts anyone, because someone knows what they are capable of. But that’s the truth, no one is innocent, everyone knows about each other’s CORRUPTION.) – Antoinette Toni Heynes
  • Why is MyANC renewal only towards every election? – Tshepo Magabe
  • It can’t be a mistake if it’s been done for 30 years. – Venus Smiddy
  • Stop stealing....then we can really perform.. – Gail Campbell
  • The honorable way of fixing your mess is to resign and pave a new path for those members of the ANC who haven’t been in a scandal to take a lead in the ANC. – Ramatee Ranala
  • Same as my children when I come near with the sjambok. Promising me heaven and earth and that they will listen this time. Sometimes you have to give them the sjambok to remember. Our pen is the sjambok. – Jacques Van Niekerk
  • Who still believes in the ANC? They are like the lion telling the sheep, ‘vote for me and tomorrow I will eat grass’. – Ivan Windvogel
  • Nothing a dishonest person says can ever be trusted. No matter how good the words. – Frans van Rooyen
  • Is a mistake still a mistake if you knew it was a mistake to start with and you still made the mistake intentionally? Now you want to admit it was a mistake because you where caught out, and promise not to make the same mistake again. – Michael Bezuidenhout
  • You knew very well what you where doing. – Neil Dixon
  • ANC your time is up. People are watching what’s going on. Please go and enjoy your money. Otherwise you will not enjoy it. – Dan Ghirdri
  • The ANC doesn’t have capacity to fix mistakes. – Moeder Thulo
  • To steal is not a mistake, African National Corruption. – Stevie Capriello
  • And if you don’t steal, we’ll be prosperous as a country with more employed people, a bigger economy and healthcare for all. Only IF….. – Parthy Chetty
  • Your time is up unfortunately, 30 years on and the ANC has properly screwed up this beautiful country and sold us out. – Deon Steyn
  • Mistakes are their looting with impunity. So the people should wait for you to deliberately loot and correct yourself once you are saturated. That’s nonsense! – Fhatuwani TF Tshivhombela

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Operation Dudula’s schools campaign is illegal, says education activist Hendrick Makaneta:

  • Find out where his children attend school and you’ll get the answer of why he doesn’t care about a black child. He’s one of the black elites who hate to be born black. – Steve Maila

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Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale has expressed his shock and concern over the sudden disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), revealing he first learned about it through social media. Describing the directive as “unusual” and ‘impractical,’ Mathale shared his thoughts during a parliamentary session, highlighting the lack of prior consultation.

  • So much shock going on with this government. No one knows what no one is doing. – Janet NW
    Pay big money, sleep on a job, no nothin’. – Isaia Scheepers
  • Isaia Scheepers, thats the perfect description of a deputy minister’s job. Just another job for a cadre. – Jon Marais
  • Jobs for pals scheme! – Emile Mohare

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No duties, no direction: What Mathale’s Parliament testimony reveals about Mchunu’s leadership:

  • That just confirms that deputy ministers are redundant. – Riki Tiki Tavi
  • We got two clowns sitting as deputies but president placed Cachalia as acting minister, these two are also deputy to suspended ministers chief of staff, what are their role? – Daniel Lingeveld

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Gamechanger at schools: SAHPRA approves Lencapavir to prevent HIV:

  • Compulsory at schools, protect the youth. – Stephen John Jonathan]

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EFF demans DA apologies for ‘enemy number one’ remarks before Lesufi no- confidence motion.

  • If you don’t want to be labelled, don’t do things that can be labelled. – Sedick Gydien
    The Truth hurts! – Brendon Germaine
  • Well, you know what they say, if the shoe fits... – Rodger van Niekerk
  • What number do they prefer? – Eben Otto
  • DA you are not going to get the EFF to vote with you to remove Lesufi as Malema has an issue with the ANC but he is big buddies with Lesufi. Don’t embark on this motion as you do not have the numbers. – Guruswami Venkatasen
  • They will keep useless Panjaza in the position just because the DA tabled it. – Angelo Loock
  • Just simple task when racist DA done apologise we refuse to support DA. Panyaza is better candidate up to so far. – Kenneth Andile
  • The EFF are the flip flops. – Manqoba Ngobese
  • Ag shame....baby juju going to cry....someone give him a dummy to suck....Zuma maybe? – Steve Smith
  • But you are the enemy of the people, no slander or lies there... Economic Freedom Fighters – Mark Le Roux
  • Why are you whining? You act like hooligans, so what do you expect? – Rod Shortt

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Judiciary under scrutiny as Madlanga Commission claims intensify:

  • This country is a mess we really need totally overhauled SAPS and government leadership we can’t carry on like this and the worrying factor is South Africans are so quiet and take things simple. – Motsok Modisane 

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