ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says South Africa will not cower and allow unilateral actions by the United States to go unchallenged. Mbalula, who was addressing journalists about the outcomes of the party’s recent national executive committee (NEC) meeting, said South Africa was ready to face the consequences should it be punished for the stance it has adopted regarding the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by the US military. South Africa will not abandon its stance or change its views for fear of retaliation, he said.
The ANC has called for Maduro’s immediate release while thedepartment of international relations and cooperation (Dirco)urged the UN’s Security Council to take action against the US. “That is ruthless and is beyond aggression. We cannot keep quiet when we see such an injustice being meted upon a people.
We will campaign, mobilise and conscientise our people against the US’s imperialist aggression. We have nothing to engage on, because we and them do not share the same understanding of how things must be done.” Mbalula criticised FF Plus leader Corne Mulder’s comments made on X, in which he opposed Dirco’s statement on the matter. FF Plus and the ANC are part of the Government of National Unity (GNU) that has been governing South Africa since June 2024.
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“We do have reactionary partners within the GNU and even here in South Africa and we are not party to that. GNU is not a melting pot. Corne Mulder and what he expresses is not a view that is shared by the progressive forces in South Africa.
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