Johannesburg – ANC stalwarts and veterans have pleaded with the party’s national executive committee (NEC) to show leadership over serious state capture concerns, ahead of its meeting on Friday and Saturday.
They have asked the NEC in an open letter to seriously consider removing President Jacob Zuma and "all those who are party to this Project of State Capture".
"The ANC, dear comrades, is falling apart as you meet and the country, supporters and members of the ANC are looking for leadership that must and should take us out of this nightmare," said struggle stalwart Wally Serote.
In a separate letter to Zuma, they do not ask him to step down, but remind him of the undertaking he made at their last meeting on a separate National Consultative Conference (NCC), stemming from concerns over the direction the party was taking.
The letters were sent by Serote on Thursday.
Two days of the ANC's policy conference in June have been set aside to discuss organisational renewal, where the stalwarts are expected to participate, but they remain unhappy with the proposal. They want a stand-alone consultative conference, and for the current leadership to step down.