NEW: SA suffocating under weight of scandals surrounding Presidency: Phosa

Struggle stalwart Mathews Phosa pulled no punches in his criticism of President Jacob Zuma and the ANC on Tuesday‚ saying that as a proud member of the ANC it pained him to witness how the moral backbone of the organisation was being eroded in favour of protecting a few.

“Our country is suffocating under the ever increasing weight of scandals surrounding the Presidency.

“Unfortunately‚ our party is intellectually and morally imprisoned because it has shaped itself in the image and example of its' flawed leader‚” Phosa said at a diplomatic mission luncheon on Tuesday. The former Mpumalanga premier and member of the ANC’s national executive committee said the country had witnessed the ANC's leadership engage in power grabs in disregard for the electorate and party structures‚ while the rule of law was being perverted.



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