The African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) has returned a hot financial donation back to businessman Iqbal Survé.

Survé announced on Monday that he had made a hefty contribution to the ANC’s electoral campaign efforts in the Western Cape. Through his company, Sekunjalo Investments, which has a vested interest in South African media, Survé offered the ANC financial support, estimated to be worth R1 million.

Details of Survé’s dubious donation
The donation, which Survé said was offered as a show of support for ‘progressive forces’, elicited both political and public outrage. It’s no secret that the businessman has been embroiled in an on-going investigation into corruption concerning the Public Investment Corporation. In addition, the fact that Survé also has a stake in Independent Media has reignited speculation of publishing bias.

Survé hit back at his detractors, arguing that the payment was transparent and fair
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For someone who thrives on hate speech, racism and divisiveness, it could be catastrophic for a multicultural nation like South Africa to be led by EFF leader Julius Malema.

Going by the party’s creed and philosophy of the radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighter, if South Africa is handed over to Malema to govern, the country might go in flames.

The African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Jackson Mthembu last month criticized the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for a series of violent incidents in the past few months, saying legal action needs to be taken.

An EFF Member of Parliament Marshall Dlamini is still facing charges after he was seen slapping a parliamentary policeman following the president’s address last week. Mthembu said at the time that there must be consequences:

“They called themselves a government in waiting yet behave like children who go around beating up people. Just last week, an EFF MP Marshall Dlamini assau
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