The African National Congress of South Africa’s Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula has blocked Wits University’s O.R Tambo School of Leadership from hosting Zimbabwe academic Ibbo Mandaza on Thursday.
Mandaza was set to have a lecture under the title: ‘The State of Democracy in the SADC Region: A Reflection on the National Elections of Zimbabwe.’
In a statement, Mbalula dismissed the lecture saying it will complicate ANC’ initiatives concerning Zimbabwe’s situation.
“At the moment the leadership of the ANC is engaged in a number of delicate engagements regarding the situation in Zimbabwe. In this context, a public lecture, at this time, on what is clearly an ANC platform, would complicate these initiatives,” Mbalula wrote.
