Durban — Former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has promised to ensure that all ANC resolutions are implemented if he is elected as the party president at the upcoming conference.
The former ANC treasurer-general was exclusively speaking to the Daily News editor Ayanda Mdluli in a sit-down interview at the weekend.
Mkhize said there was a concern the party was not implementing resolutions that were taken at the party conferences and he would ensure all the resolutions were implemented.
There has been concern that the party was good at drafting and approving good policies but lacked an implementation plan. Some of the resolutions were the nationalisation of the South African Reserve Bank and land expropriation without compensation which the party has failed to implement five years down the line.
Mkhize said it was important that the resolutions are implemented before new resolutions are taken.
Bolstered by the Special Investigation Unit’s (SIU) admission that it did not have the evidence that it had relied on to link him to the Digital Vibes tender scandal, Mkhize appeared to speak with confidence on the possible ascendency to the highest position of Africa’s oldest party.
Asked whether he intended to sue the SIU after its admission that it did not have evidence that it claimed it had, Mkhize said he was taking it one step at a time, saying he first wanted the report reviewed.
The matter is currently in Pretoria High Court waiting for a date.
Mkhize had previously accused the SIU of delaying the matter to be heard by not filing its responding affidavits on time and when it finally did it filed incomplete papers.
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