Wearing a T-shirt with her grandfather’s name on it, Ndileka Mandela evoked the preamble of the Freedom Charter, which says that the people shall govern, as a reminder that the government leaders could be criticised.
“The people have the right to call their government to account. We are today calling the government to account.”
In particular, said Mandela, when it came to a proposed parliamentary vote towards a motion of no confidence in Zuma, “We want our leaders, that we elected from our communities, to do the right thing,” she said.