By Zuko Komisa
Point of View with Phemelo Motene recently spoke to Mdumiseni Ntuli who is an ANC Top 6 hopeful contending for the Secretary-General position.
Mdumiseni Ntuli is a South African politician and staunch member of the ruling African National Congress.
Ntuli was heavily involved in student association politics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and, by the time he graduated, had seized control of the presidency of the Students Representative Council (SRC)
He was elected as provincial secretary of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal in 2018.
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He shared more on his vision for the ANC, and spoke about what needs to be done towards the renewal of the movement.
LISTEN TO THE FULL CONVERSATION HERE:
On the upcoming ANC Elective conference
“I had an opportunity to stay in the headquarters of the ANC for nearly a decade, were initially for a year worked as a national administrator for the ANC, then after for the ANC Youth League, and for the rest of the time worked an ANC national organiser.”
“That gave some sort of understanding as to how the ANC headquarters is structured, and how it functions. That for me is a great advantage that I will be taking back to the ANC, whenever I get elected as Secretary General of the ANC.” says Ntuli.
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On the state of the ANC today
“There are many factors, one is that when we assumed government in 1994, we underestimated the demands and expectations from our people to be delivered by the ANC-led government. That meant we needed the right leadership that would meet that task. We haven’t done that, after 1994 the focus has been on governance. A lot of our skilled comrades have gone and joined the state apparatus, and there was no concerted and conscious effort to reproduce these quality cadres.
On the changes required for the movement
“The changes that will be brought about in the organisation will not b an individual effort, yes an individual will have to place their skills snd individual talents before that African National Congress, but it has to be a collective effort,” says Ntuli
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