Mabuza, who is tipped to still be in the running for another term in office, believes factionalism has taken away the focus of the party's mandate to serve South Africans.
Thabo Mbeki made the comments on the back of the country's record-high unemployment, concerning crime trends and energy insecurity.
She was speaking at Duarte’s memorial service in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon.
Duarte died in the early hours of Sunday morning following an eight-month battle with cancer.
Duarte died in the early hours of Sunday morning following an eight-month battle with cancer.
ANC provincial structures to host memorial services for late Jessie Duarte.
Insiders say a handshake and light banter between Ace Magashule and party president Cyril Ramaphosa at Duarte’s home on Sunday meant nothing in the greater battle for the soul of the ANC.
Embattled Ace Magashule worked closely with Jessie Duarte in the governing party's secretariat. He said he would remember the stalwart as a principled leader.
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule revealed to journalists that the pair often visited former President Jacob Zuma.
She had been on medical leave since November only announcing a few months ago that she was battling cancer.
On 17 July 2022, President Cyril Ramapahosa delivered the eulogy at Jessie Duarte's funeral. Duarte passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 69. She was undergoing treatment for cancer and had been on medical leave since November 2021.
South African politicians have hailed the late ANC Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte as a formidable leader - adding that her passing is not only a loss for the governing party but for South Africa as a whole.
Duarte who played a vital role in South Africa's liberation struggle - lost her 8-month battle with cancer on Sunday morning at the age of 68.
She passed away at the age of 68 in the early hours of this morning after a battle with cancer.
Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born in Coronationville, on Johannesburg’s west rand on the 19th of September 1953.
The party said those spreading the fake news should take responsibility or it would approach relevant authorities over the matter.
ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini is a step closer to being asked to “step aside” after she was found guilty of perjury.
