No excuses — Mantashe must apologise for crude, politically sexist remarks on sexual exploitation
The ANC’s former deputy secretary-general Thenjiwe Mtintso says the party’s chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, must apologise for his crude and ignorant words.
Thenjiwe Mtintso, the former deputy secretary-general of the ANC, has called for Gwede Mantashe, the party's chairperson, to issue an apology for his crude and sexist remarks regarding allegations of sexual exploitation within the party. The incident occurred during an interview ahead of the 4 November local government elections.
Mtintso, the former ANC deputy secretary-general, expresses disappointment and frustration over Mantashe's failure to condemn the allegations and instead dismissed them as a private matter. He attributed the issue to a lack of "neither crude nor inherently profane" language in isiXhosa, which he believes is anatomically, historically, grammatically descriptive and cultural.
However, she argues that such language is not used in ordinary daily conversations in African culture. The real issue, Mtintso emphasizes, goes beyond crude language; it is a matter of abuse of power, gender-based violence, and femicide. Mantashe's response to the allegations is seen as an embarrassment to the ANC movement and a reflection of the party's failure to address these serious concerns.
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