5 July 2017
Johannesburg - A heated debate is underway at the ANC's 5th National Policy Conference over "white monopoly capital".
On Tuesday, NEC member Joel Netshitenzhe released a report, which claimed that nine out of 11 commissions had rejected racially defining monopoly capital and labelling it as the enemy of the "national democratic revolution".
At least three sources inside plenary told News24 that secretary general Gwede Mantashe had told the conference plenary that mentioning the numbers was a mishap.
He told plenary that it was pitting comrades against each other and making them fight. He said it not meant to be communicated publicly.
Netshitenzhe told journalists that the relationship between the African National Congress and monopoly capital was one of unity, co-operation and contestation, as per a resolution adopted at the 2007 Polokwane elective conference.