Fikile Mbalula fuels ANC division with bizarre tweets

Fikile Mbalula has deepened speculation of an ANC internal war with a series of bizarre tweets about Zuma, Mkhwebane and others.

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Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has been quite candid about the ANC’s internal affairs and clearly, something is brewing in Luthuli House.

Fikile Mbalula ruffles feathers with bizarre tweets

Mbalula has a busy day ahead of him. However, the minister found time to launch an attack on former president Jacob Zuma and some of his faction leaders.

Seemingly unprovoked, the minister dropped his two cents on the developments surrounding Busisiwe Mkhwebane. The Public Protector, still on a sabbatical until the end of March, faces impeachment and if the DA has its own way, her seven-year term could be cut short.

For the transport minister, this revelation only proves that Mkhwebane is “a hired gun not the public protector.”

As if this wasn’t gob-smacking enough, Mbalula lent his opinion on the CR17 bank statements saga, stating that he would never participate in such a debate with “crooks and wannabe saints under one roof.”

Is ‘Thuma Mina’ faction launching a fight-back campaign?

This blatant attack on members of his own political organisation has left many scratching their heads. Of course, indications of a deeply divided ANC were always there.

However, one only needs to visit the transport minister’s Twitter account to get hints on the scale of the factionalism that exists within the party’s structures.

Sunday Times‘ political journo Kgothatso Madisa deepened speculation with claims that perhaps, Mbalula taking the in-fighting to the public is an indication of a ‘Thuma Mina’ fight-back campaign.

If none of what’s stated above is convincing, then this comparison Mbalula made between leadership under Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa is the perfect allegory to the events taking place in the corridors of Luthuli House.