Mbeki says it’s good Zille is displaying her arrogant, contemptuous view of SAns
The DA's feberal council chairperson, Helen Zille, is not spared in Mbeki’s scathing open letter to DA leader John Steenhuisen.
Former ANC president, Thabo Mbeki. Picture: X/MYANC
JOHANNESBURG - Former president Thabo Mbeki said it’s good that Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille is showcasing her arrogant and contemptuous view of South African people.
Zille is not spared in Mbeki’s scathing open letter to DA leader John Steenhuisen.
The 11-page salvo follows the DA’s announcement that it will not participate in the National Dialogue, which Zille described as an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign strategy.
Mbeki, who is a champion of the National Dialogue, has placed Zille in his crosshairs.
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He’s lambasted Zille for what he’s termed a fertile imagination for her claims that the dialogue is an ANC 2026 election campaign and an ANC-run National Dialogue.
In seeking to demystify the confusion, Mbeki, in his long letter, set out how the dialogue came about, emphasising the need for political parties, the ANC in particular, to have no role in guiding the conversations.
However, Mbeki mentions that it's good that Zille openly made her remarks, showing her arrogance and contempt towards South Africa’s masses by suggesting they cannot think and plan their own future without the DA.
Mbeki also questioned why the DA remained in the Government of National Unity (GNU), even signing the statement of intent when Zille had been so vocal in her opposition to it.