Tito Mboweni tells white South Africans to join the ANC

Former finance minister Tito Mboweni's call for white South Africans to join the ANC has tongues wagging on social media.

Mboweni stirred up debate at the weekend when he asked why the majority of white South Africans were “not nonracial”.

“I ask this question fully cognisant of the avalanche of negative responses. Why are the majority of white South Africans not nonracial? Join the ANC,” he exclaimed.

I ask this question fully cognisant of the avalanche of negative responses. Why are the majority of white South Africans not non-racial? Join the ANC!!
— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) February 18, 2023

Mboweni previously said the ANC fought against the apartheid system and not white people.

“We did not fight against white people. We fought against the apartheid system. To build a nonracial, non-ethnic, non-sexist and democratic SA. Basic ANC principles,” he said.

His statement came amid former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule's comments about the party forgiving former president FW de Klerk for his role in apartheid but not its suspended members.

Magashule said the party would be in trouble if members failed to forgive those they were at odds with.

“If we don't forgive each other, [how can we] forgive De Klerk? We talk so nicely about De Klerk ... yet if you support [Jacob] Zuma and [Thabo] Mbeki, you are something else,” said Magashule.

Magashule denounced factionalism, calling on party members to unite.

Many weighed in on Mboweni's statement, expressing different opinions.

I'm not Caucasian, but voting the ANC is a joke! What a obsolete Party😂😂😂 https://t.co/XjZXQQHUjQ
— Mubarak Ali Nkgodi T (@AliNkgodi) February 19, 2023

Fair question, easy to answer. That this leads to ‘join the ANC’ is a joke, right? The top 7 is non-racial? 🤣🤣🤣
— Jonathan Jansen (@JJ_Stellies) February 19, 2023

The real question is why the ANC is so anti-black. The very least a racial nationalist organization should do is benefit the people it claims to represent. Even that Nats got that right. Can’t you *at least* educate black children or something - anything - useful? https://t.co/VeCszGHxNj
— Ryan Coetzee (@RyanCoetzee) February 19, 2023

Let’s just call it for what it is: “a crime against humanity”.
— Kanthan Pillay 🇿🇦 (@KanthanPillay) February 19, 2023

As usual the racist card comes out to cover up the ANC’s total failure in every sphere. Vote ANC to watch the country completely flushed down the toilet. If you have working running water and sanitation. Your corrupt and incompetent party are a disgrace and embarrassment to SA.
— Tony Johnstone (@TonyJohnstone56) February 19, 2023

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