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Outspoken African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has blasted former Police Minister Nathi Nhleko for his \u201cbitter\u201d resignation letter, saying: \u201cWhat a cheap way out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nhleko resigned from the ANC a month after his fallout with Mbalula after secretary-general said the ANC had lied to parliament about the Nkandla report to protect former President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n
Nhleko sent a seven-page long letter to the national office and his regional branch in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), criticising the ANC and Mbalula\u2019s leadership which led to his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cI resign from this African National Congress as its current values and principles are not aligned with mine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In the letter, Nhleko said he could not recognise the ANC he joined, the ANC whose only aspiration was to liberate the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ANC as a liberation movement spoke and acted strongly on good ethics, a collective approach, was people focused and emphasised on humanity and freedom for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mbalula said: “I see Nathi Nhleko has resigned from the ANC and he blames it on me, What a cheap way out. This fellow told the whole country that a swimming pool is a fire pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe replaced a competent police officer Anwa Dramat crime fighter with an apartheid disastrous erratic cop called Berning Ntlemeza whom I showed the door to immediately when I took over as police minister.”<\/p>\n
In addition, he said: \u201cWait till I tell you what he advised me to do at a handover meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mbalula said Nhleko strutted like a peacock, calling his “shameful” Nkandla report as “research”.<\/p>\n
“No shame at all this guy was reprimanded for that report by the highest court in the land,” he said.<\/p>\n
According to the secretary-general, the report was set aside by the Constitutional Court in the “famous” judgment delivered by Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng.<\/p>\n
“Indeed our revolution did produce villains,” he stated.<\/p>\n
Nhleko slammed Mbalula and described him as the worst secretary general in the ANC\u2019s 112-year history.<\/p>\n
kamogelo.moichela@inl.co.za<\/p>\n
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