ANC must get rid of leaders who aren't dedicated to serving the people - Mbeki

DURBAN - Former African National Congress (ANC) president Thabo Mbeki said that the party needed to do away with leaders that were not dedicated to serving the people.

The former party president was on the elections campaign trail in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday, in a bid to gather voter support in the highly contested province.  

Mbeki said there was a lot the party had to solve internally before it could deliberate on the challenges facing the people.  

The former president spoke to journalists during his campaigning.

The former ANC president said that in order for the ANC to solve challenges facing communities such as service delivery, crime and unemployment, the party first needed to know what was affecting the party from within.

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"If you got a Thabo Mbeki who is setting there and is useless, remove him so that you can put somebody who is useful, who is going to do the things that are necessary to be done."

He said that elections or not, the ANC must remain committed to the electorate but this will need people who were up to the task.

"It can’t carry in it those whose hearts are not in that job, maybe because it’s employment creation for themselves but it can’t succeed if it carries people like that."

Mbeki said the party also had to ensure that its manifesto was implemented.