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ANC members at the Siyanqoba rally at Ellis Park Stadium in July. Provinces are setting targets ahead of the party’s 2017 conference. Picture: Lucky Morajane
ANC members at the Siyanqoba rally at Ellis Park Stadium in July. Provinces are setting targets ahead of the party’s 2017 conference. Picture: Lucky Morajane

Revolution? What revolution?

“ANC cadres owe their first loyalty to the revolution,” I heard Cabinet Minister Jeff Radebe say on the weekend.

One hears ANC leaders talk about “the revolution” virtually every day. Their official goal is still the “national democratic revolution”.

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