Mantashe dismisses claims ANC always sought to work with DA in government
Speaking at a commemoration for former party president Oliver Tambo in Ekurhuleni on Sunday, Mantashe said there is no special relationship between the ANC and the DA.
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe at the AOW: Investing in African Energy Conference. Picture: @GwedeMantashe1/X
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has dismissed claims that the party has always sought to work with the Democratic Alliance (DA) in government.
Speaking at a commemoration for former party president Oliver Tambo in Ekurhuleni on Sunday, Mantashe said there is no special relationship between the ANC and the DA.
His statement follows remarks from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), which have accused the ANC of betraying its roots.
Mantashe, however, maintains that these accusations are unfounded.
“When we said everybody is invited, those who didn’t want to be in the same room left. Now they say we are sleeping with the enemy. I asked them who the enemy is, and they said the DA. I said that is selective righteousness because they all sit with the DA in Parliament, they sit with the DA in committees.”