The African National Congress (ANC) agrees with its alliance partners, the Congress of south African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) that using ANC positions to accumulate wealth is a concern, party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
"Using election to positions in the ANC as a stepping stone to power and accumulation is an alien tendency in the ANC," he told a media briefing at the party's national general council in Durban.
Both Cosatu and the SACP have for months raised questions about a "small group" in the ANC using positions for accumulation.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi had warned of the dangers of a "predatory elite" controlling the state as a vehicle for accumulation.
Earlier this month, Mantashe reportedly condemned the use of bribes in ANC elections. He said members "paid" others into ANC positions, which he described as a "license to personal wealth accumulation".
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