Umhlaziyi wezepolitiki, uMnuz Moeletsi Mbeki, usethule amazwi ahlabayo ngobuholi bukaMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa, emchaza njengomengameli we-ANC “obuthaka kakhulu” ohlulekile ukuhlanganisa iqembu lakhe noma ikhabhinethi. Engxoxweni abe nayo ku-podcast SMWX, uMbeki uveze ukuthi ukungakwazi kukaRamaphosa ukuqondisa izigwegwe kudale ukungqubuzana kwangaphakathi kuhulumeni, kucekele phansi isithunzi lakhe.
UMbeki ubalule ukwedelela kukaNgqongqoshe wezokuMbiwa Phansi uGwede Mantashe ngemigomo ye-ANC yezamandla aluhlaza njengophawu lokuhluleka kukaRamaphosa ukulawula. “Ongqongqoshe basho zonke izinhlobo zezinto,” kuphawula uMbeki, egcizelela ukuthi ukukhishwa kukaRamaphosa “emibuthanweni yangaphakathi” ye-ANC kumshiye engenawo amandla okuxhasa izinqumo zeqembu.
Umhlaziyi uxwayise ngokuthi uHulumeni Wobumbano Lwesizwe (GNU) – osungulwe ne-DA nabanye – uye wenza buthaka amandla kaRamaphosa. “I-GNU yenze uhulumeni waxakeka kakhulu futhi waba nezinxushunxushu,” kusho uMbeki, ekhomba ukushayisana ngemigomo efana ne-Expropriation Act kanye ne-Bela Act. Usole ongqongqoshe beDA ngokubeka phambili igama leqembu kunokubusa ngokuhlanganyela, kanti uRamaphosa yehluleka ukubalawula: “Bakhuluma njengabamele iDA, hhayi amalungu ekhabhinethi, ngoba akekho obavimbayo.