<\/p>\n
The Government of National Unity (GNU) was a result of the African National Congress\u2019 failure to deliver basic services to the people and not what the party had planned, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe struggling in a terrain that is not of our own, it is a terrain that was imposed on us by the fact that we lost the majority,\u201d Mantashe said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cGNU is a consequence, it\u2019s not a plan. Nobody planned GNU, it is a consequence of having lost a majority in the elections.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He said the GNU was as a direct result of the ANC losing the majority of votes in the May 29 elections.<\/p>\n
This was the first time the party had lost the majority since 1994.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the ANC honoured its longest-serving president Oliver Tambo with a series of activities, including laying a wreath of flowers at his grave in Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n
The party described Tambo as a leader whose life was shaped and influenced by the conditions of his communities, the injustices of apartheid South Africa, human indignity and sufferings, and a global order founded on justice, the sovereignty of states, self -self-determination and a world free from diseases, illiteracy, famine, and human persecution.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenges, he continued with the struggle, the ANC said.<\/p>\n
However, to reclaim the party\u2019s majority and govern solely, Mantashe urged members to deliver services to people even under GNU. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fine even if it\u2019s under, let\u2019s do what is right. ANC members who are in the cabinet posts must do their work and must talk about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Mantashe warned against the criticism of current leaders and old ones, saying it was easy for people to bash them willingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s easy to treat previous leaders as angels and current leaders as devils, that is the easiest effort in life,\u201d Mantashe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTambo led the ANC through difficult times\u2026 Actually, he wanted to step down from power, he had to be persuaded to continue leading because things were not as good as they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mantashe stated that the ANC will overcome its difficulties and become more stable.<\/p>\n
kamogelo.moichela@iol.co.za<\/em><\/p>\n
Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Government of National Unity (GNU) was a result of the African National Congress\u2019 failure to deliver basic services to the people and not what the party had planned, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said. \u201cWe struggling in a terrain that is not of our own, it is a terrain that was imposed on us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8838,15350,16440,3747,7390,8388,6868],"class_list":["post-221858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-ancs","tag-consequence","tag-gnu","tag-gwede","tag-mantashe","tag-planned","tag-wasnt"],"yoast_head":"\n
\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Government of National Unity (GNU) was a result of the African National Congress\u2019 failure to deliver basic services to the people and not what the party had planned, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said. \u201cWe struggling in a terrain that is not of our own, it is a terrain that was imposed on us […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SouthAfrica News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SouthAfrica News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SouthAfrica News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/image-prod.iol.co.za\\\/16x9\\\/800?source=https:\\\/\\\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\\\/opencontent\\\/objects\\\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7\",\"keywords\":[\"ANCs\",\"consequence\",\"GNU\",\"Gwede\",\"Mantashe\",\"Planned\",\"wasnt\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/image-prod.iol.co.za\\\/16x9\\\/800?source=https:\\\/\\\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\\\/opencontent\\\/objects\\\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/image-prod.iol.co.za\\\/16x9\\\/800?source=https:\\\/\\\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\\\/opencontent\\\/objects\\\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/image-prod.iol.co.za\\\/16x9\\\/800?source=https:\\\/\\\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\\\/opencontent\\\/objects\\\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/27\\\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In South Africa - Latest South Africa News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"SouthAfrica News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SouthAfrica News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/za\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"The Government of National Unity (GNU) was a result of the African National Congress\u2019 failure to deliver basic services to the people and not what the party had planned, ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe said. \u201cWe struggling in a terrain that is not of our own, it is a terrain that was imposed on us […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"SouthAfrica News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SouthAfrica News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/"},"author":{"name":"SouthAfrica News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe","datePublished":"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7","keywords":["ANCs","consequence","GNU","Gwede","Mantashe","Planned","wasnt"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/","name":"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7","datePublished":"2024-10-27T14:43:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7","contentUrl":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ed0d762f-2dd0-5bc5-a25b-6b5853bc21b7"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2024\/10\/27\/gnu-is-a-consequence-it-wasnt-planned-says-ancs-gwede-mantashe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018GNU is a consequence, it wasn\u2019t planned,\u2019 says ANC\u2019s Gwede Mantashe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In South Africa - Latest South Africa News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"SouthAfrica News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SouthAfrica News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}