Rogue ANC members and those who use the ANC for business gains are sabotaging its attempts to attract skilled leaders, said Joel Netshitenzhe, according to a report.
Business Day newspaper reported on Tuesday that the African National Congress' national executive member reportedly told the paper on Tuesday that attention should also be paid to the party's membership profile.
Netshitenzhe, speaking during a lecture in honour of ANC stalwart OR Tambo at the weekend, warned that weak senior leaders and their poor quality following would erode the party's credibility.
Netshitenzhe said the ANC should consider if it was "sufficient that leaders of the movement should narrowly be professional politicians, with no other link with communities than being leaders of the ANC and with no other skills than political activism".
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu reportedly told the newspaper that Netshitenzhe's "constructive criticism" was in line with continuing debates in the party about attracting high calibre leaders with experience in serving in other community organisations.
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