ANC renewal is not about words but about actions - Mathews Phosa

By: Sane Dhlamini

African National Congress veteran Dr Mathews Phosa has condemned leaders who use party ranks as a stepping stone to positions of power, and he stated that renewal of the ANC should not be about the words but that it should be about actions. He was speaking during a seminar organised by higher education institution STADIO, at its Centurion Campus. Phosa is a recipient of the fellow of STADIO award for his contribution to good governance and ethical leadership. He said people who were quiet about acts of corruption, kept “feeding the beast that continues to loot the State”. He said, as a proud South African, he had lived by the principles enshrined in the South African Constitution, which he stated was a testament to the will of negotiators who finished their work in 1996 and was a reminder of what “we can do when we as South Africans have set our differences aside and look at a bigger picture”. Phosa added that while the Constitution protected freedom of speech, growing noise and action called for people to be cautious when “we speak truth to power”. →