Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane will on Monday resume his attack on what he calls “wounded and weak” African National Congress (ANC).

In what is likely to annoy the ruling party and late statesman’s Nelson Mandela’s family‚ Maimane will “commit to Madiba’s vision” at an event in the country’s capital.Maimane will‚ a party statement said‚ “start a day of campaigning in Tshwane‚ by committing to the vision and values of South Africa’s first democratically elected president‚ Tata Nelson Mandela”.“In recent weeks‚ the ANC‚ a wounded and weak organisation‚ has run a programme of racial‚ offensive and dangerous mobilisation in an attempt to cling onto power by any means necessary‚” it said.“The polls clearly show that the Democratic Alliance’s message and programme of change is what South Africans want after 3 August‚ and this has shaken the ANC.”Maimane will be in Tshwane with his party’s mayoral candidate‚ Solly Msimanga.The DA’s invocation of Mandela’s name during the local government poll campaign – including in a disputed television advert – has drawn criticism from the former president’s grandson‚ Mandla‚ who said the family was “disgusted” and called it a “flagrant abuse”.The DA countered at the time: “uTata Madiba is our country’s national icon. As our nation’s first democratic president‚ his legacy‚ and the important democratic principles which he fought for‚ belong to all South Africans.”..