I-ANC “isiphelelwe yintshisekelo ekuphathweni kwentando yeningi nasekulethweni kwezidingo”.
Lona ngumbono wombhali waseNingizimu Afrika, uPalesa Morudu, obhale ngezidubedube zakamuva kwi-Washington Post, elinye lamaphephandaba ahamba phambili emhlabeni.
Ehlukanisa izizathu zodlame nokuphanga, uMorudu uvule ingxenye yakhe ngokuthi: “INingizimu Afrika iyi-tinderbox ekhonjwe ngokungalingani okwedlulele. Iqembu elibusayo ezweni yilona elidale lokhu.”
Uphawule ngokuthi uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uchaze lezi zidubedube ngokuthi “ukuvukelwa kombuso okuhlulekile” futhi “ukuhlaselwa okwenziwe ngamabomu, okuhlelwe intando yeningi yethu”.
UMorudu wengeze ngokuthi uRamaphosa wehlulekile ukusho ukuthi izidubedube “ziqhamuka ngaphakathi eqenjini lakhe, njengeqembu elidale ukungabaza kwezomthetho”.
Ngenxa yokuqina kweqembu eleseka uZuma, uphetha ngokuthi “i-ANC esimeni sayo isiphenduke usongo olukhulu lekusasa leNingizimu Afrika”.
Ehlaziya ukwehluleka kweqembu elibusayo, uthi: “Isilinganiso salokhu kunganakwa kwezigebengu sivezwe bukhoma emakhaya eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule ngokusakazwa kumabonakude ngophenyo lweKhomishini kaZondo mayelana nezinsolo zenkohlakalo. Kodwa njalo, isigaba esiphakathi sezinhlanga eziningi sisebenzisa ukuphepha nokuvikeleka, ezempilo, ezemfundo namandla kwezinkampani ezizimele. Iningi labantu abampofu, ikakhulukazi abamnyama, liswele izidingo eziyisisekelo namathuba okuphila.”
Uthi yize leli qeqebana selenziwe buthakathaka, noRamaphosa uyakubona “ukuvukelwa kombuso” okuhlulekile njengethuba lokwakha kabusha, akanalo usizo oluningi eduze. “Ngaphandle kwezinhlansi ezimbalwa ezikhanyayo, umengameli uzungezwe othathekile.”
Kodwa uyayibona inhlansi yethemba, uma ebheka e-Mamelodi lapho azalelwa khona, nalapho abantu abahlele amaqembu ukuvimba abaphangi.
“Izigidi zabantu bakuleli zanquma ukuthi ngeke zibe yingxenye yalokhu kuphanga, zenqaba ukuba ngamahawu abantu eqenjini le-ANC elahlekelwe amandla.”