Politics | 19 May 2017, 12:31pm
NONI MOKATI
Johannesburg - SACP general-secretary Blade Nzimande has hit out on State Capture saying corrective measures need to be taken to address critical issues facing the country.
SACP general-secretary Blade Nzimande File picture: Zanele Zulu/ANA Pictures
"Something like an alien substance has found its way into our movement and its contaminating the DNA of our politics," he said.
Nzimande was speaking at the party's National Imbizo on Friday in Boksburg.
He began his address in a somber mood reflecting on the current crisis faced by women in the country saying something needed to be done by us "as activists and as part of broader South African society" in ending the murders of women and girls in the country.
"Men inflict violence on women and children and not only that but against each other," he said.
Speaking further on the challenges political challenges faced by the country and the ANC's calls for a transformation in the economic sector Nzimande added: "Unless we radically transform the economy, there's a chance of undoing everything we've done since 1994...
ou can't have a country like South Africa that is dominated by four big banks."
He also blasted the ANC questioning why Brian Molefe was re-appointed as Eskom CEO.
"How do you re-employ Brian Molefe at Eskom?...that's perversion," he said.
The SACP's two-day Imbizo includes the party's alliance partners and civil society.
At the end of the gathering, a declaration will be signed signaling possible steps to solve the issues faced by the alliance.