Why did Mbeki ditch ANC campaign at last minute?

Business Day political editorHajra Omarjee explains some of the reasons why former president Thabo Mbeki suspended his campaign for the ANC's upcoming elections.
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[@Sp8e]

He came to his senses, realizing he's betraying his true self.

[@nedor64]

Mbeki eventually came to his senses he realizes he is campaigning to keep a lot of ANC criminals in power.

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

He realise who control ANC

[@MrRobertzingela]

@@DumaM-ir7rk Lol😂😂😂

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

Mbeki is showing signs of dishonesty. He changes colours like chameleon

[@MartinVilakazi-ft9de]

Zuma his the king of politics Mbeki his been taking changes and busy nudging Zuma look now

[@nedor64]

They all do but they are not chameleon's, don't humiliate a chameleon please they are animals with integrity.

[@bejiem]

I agree with you, he can't be trusted.

[@bejiem]

@@nedor64 you mean a chameleon is even better with dignity than the for President Mbeki.

[@nedor64]

@@bejiem Exactly 😂

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

He grew a conscience.

[@user-sz6me2rl5l]

Mr Mbeki please stay away from from Anc you'll never save Anc is dead

[@markwainwright6243]

They all anc puppets

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

This is the message for the masses not to vote for the ANc. Mbeki saw who control ANc hence he is stepping aside

[@lindaniayanda4044]

He has never been a man of principle .Not surprised

[@mantombimkhwebane335]

Mbeki is a flip flopper

[@ThabisoPatrickBaloyi]

He liked to rub and dub.....

[@velimasuku8808]

Just don't vote for them either way. Opposition is the only way

[@stanleynkosikamthembu168]

Opposition to what?

[@velimasuku8808]

@@stanleynkosikamthembu168 opposition to the bullshit

[@Bellissimo653]

🖤💛💚

[@Votanimestuvela]

@@velimasuku8808 👺

[@tumelojasonmngadi7893]

Very true 🙌🤞👏🏻

[@wellychauke]

He once went to Zimbabwe during Mugabe’s time and came back n say “there is no Crisis in Zimbabwe “😂😂😂. THABO MBEKI

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

He realise they are using him. Mbeki can see who is behind Ramaphosa

[@user-bt6ex7kw5v]

Are you a South African? .if you are not please focus on your countries problems

[@phelelanimafuleka3854]

The stratcom media overrated Mbeki's importance. In the so called Campaign trail, the man has been surrounded by EPWP and KFC volunteers of the ANC to create an impression that the man is loved by the society. Mbeki had 2/3 Majority in parliament and decided to write poems. KZN showed him that he is no "Big Gun"😅

[@kansiiimebrian5254]

Mbeki came to his sense.... It was too bad for him ...... It was compromising him too much...

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

MK support in KZN was a canary and he saw how futile campaigning was.

[@kunlekolapo14]

Mbeki dragged his own legacy in the mud, he has no foresight, no shame, no Honor...

[@optimus3389]

Political editor of newspaper saying "ANC -EFF coalition would be bad for investor confidence " is interesting coming from someone who's supposed to be unbiased in their reporting. Politicians masquerading as journalists Indeed..

[@mathabathangoato2100]

She is a puppet of white monopoly capital

[@mathabathangoato2100]

She is a puppet of white monopoly capital

[@mzukisimgibe9245]

These people!!! Hajra even said " we have seen the Mbeki like we have never seen before, a remnants of his 2004 campaign "basically" which was successful". Journalist, raving so much about a politician like that on national TV!

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

⁠And it was successful because Zuma had shifted kzn away from the ifp to the anc.

[@sbusisomsane878]

The old man came to his senses, he knows very well KZN loooooves Zuma, yet he went there, also once called the ANC "criminals" yet he get involved with the same criminals, ay ay this is not make sure 😂😂

[@marabunya]

Malema did say Mbeki was a flip flopper of note and the media keeps sleeping on his wisdom.

[@rosehunter5140]

It takes a flip flopper to recognize another flip flopper. Julius can teach us all about flip flopping.

[@matlakewaltermasha9285]

maar Sello, is the greatest flip flopper. FACT

[@vusibiyela6032]

He was making tribalism remarks. He previously said the ANC is a party of "criminals". Mbeki is a Flip-Flopper of note

[@thembanimgenu190]

ANC is a criminal enterprise nje😅

[@penekedirero4636]

Mkp minion😂

[@biko8229]

My greatest criticisms of him are his lack of appetite for land reform and his unforgivable position on ARVs.

[@thembanimgenu190]

@biko8229 no one is interested in land reform in the ANC, from the very beginning ANC was never about freedom including land reform, they have been for inclusion in the dinner table of the colonialist

[@Thatsong-fr9nq]

​@@biko8229 Mbeki saved this country from those drugs. Try taking them first or do an independent research about it and. Come back here. You probably took the 2 jabs kinda person

[@GaragePie22]

Mr Mbeki is a proud, educated, intelligent gentleman! He should distance himself from the ANC! Lets vote for change guys! Good options: ActionSA, BOSA, Rise Mzansi, DA, IFP, UIM or ACDP

[@tumelojasonmngadi7893]

...and Patriotic Alliance

[@user-gc6wx1gr7k]

Don't come with a clown suggestions here wena mane, The only party that is going to rule South Africa and deliver economic freedom in our lifetime is EFF ❤

[@smokierobson]

Mbeki is a coward, he had come back to discredit Zuma and he failed. Polokwane Memory Came Back and is running away before the election. Uyagwaza uMkhonto ka ZUMA. VOTE MK PARTY ON THE 29 MAY 2024. VIVA NXAMALALA VIVA.

[@celumusazikhali7040]

Ramaphosa paid them to campaign for him

[@Eliezer-God_Our_Helper]

Mbeki doesn't know what he wants simple.

[@thabisomodisane1435]

Inbetween

[@tebogotshabalala9041]

A flip-flopper of note, at least he came to his senses and realized that he is campaigning for the criminals he once criticized 😄😄😄

[@thomasmoyo1198]

He is scared of JZ. He is not as brave as Zuma indeed he knows ANC is being run by criminals who labeled JZ as one yet they were the mafias. # phalaphala

[@mashobane6177]

He realised that pretending is the most difficult thing ever.

[@nathanragovan6329]

I was shocked when I saw him on the trail....was actually sad as I felt he was yearning for some relevance.... watch how they will demonize him hereafter... and in response he'll probably finally walk away from the ANC

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

The BEE blessers ordered them to campaign.

[@LL2019]

A man is allowed to change his mind...he might be a flip floper but he is allowed to change

[@azeezshaibu]

Everyone is allowed to change his/her mind besides Malema neh😊😊😊

[@firstcomment749]

There's little room left between these role players to maneuvre without stepping on each others painful bunions. No unity left within the comrade-parties with the economy in tatters, says SA indeed is in dire straits.

[@WorkingPrincipleZ]

Mbeki is the GOAT. Cyril's diplomacy is unparalleled, never a word or step out of place, motlante is just that guy. Where does the ANC get these guys from and how do we groom the next generation like this. These guys are measured. People are saying all kinds of hateful things but they keep their dignity.

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

Just Measured or also good at their jobs and for the country?

[@The1-4287]

I'm glad President Mbeki came to his senses

[@emmo2850]

How ridiculous. Govt of National unity? No. Whatever happens it must be dealt with accordingly and fought tooth and nail. No joining just to have all political parties together to serve their interests Decades already wasted, stop playing with SA future. Time to take bull by horns and progress

[@vusimtshali8081]

Mbeki is running with the hares and hunting with the hounds.

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

Mbeki must tell us what is the reason for turning back in the crucial time so that people don’t vote ANC. Mbeki is close to the party and must come and tell the public that he was campaigning at their areas

[@ericmasuku2361]

Ingani abakwenzanga ayekufuna okuwukuxosha uZuma kwi ANC

[@TSG0195]

His mistake was coming to KZN. We, here in KZN know that Mbeki hates ZUMA, KZN loves Zuma. He should have known better.

[@Thatsong-fr9nq]

No, Kzn love Zulu

[@sbudasbu2816]

So what ​@@Thatsong-fr9nq

[@fanamlawuli6761]

​@@Thatsong-fr9nqof course, the only province named after it's people, what other tribes say about us it's just envy

[@dandyally9983]

​@@Thatsong-fr9nqSo you expect KWAZULU to hate itself 😆

[@nomagcisacawe3297]

​@@fanamlawuli6761Who envies brainless savages who are married to BACKWARDNESS? The other Provinces have names that are ALL-ENCOMPASSING. Can you imagine the EC being called XHOSALAND/KWA XHOSA. How about Limpopo where the main groups are Pedi, Tsonga and vhenda... what would it be called?

[@MarbleRamatji]

Mbeki knows the truth

[@jameskillu9171]

Mbeki is dishonest and divisive. He was used by ANC to fight Winnie Mandela and now ZUMA.

[@tsekomofokeng182]

He is very arrogant but it's not easy to realize him. When he was President,he was unapproachable. He likes Unisa to air his views instead of approaching ANC.

[@zanonoza4918]

Can't compare with the known tribalist that the late Harry Gwala warned us about 😂

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

this is an untruth.

[@tsekomofokeng182]

@@Ntuthu-ZA Can you give reasons why he would talk ANC issues at Unisa.

[@zulu9357]

All of them combined are not close to Zumas support, he made them get their beds😂

[@mphothulo7929]

He allowed himself to used because he was expecting favours

[@SibongileMapeka]

Don't talk about that shorty mbeki he changes like weather today he is with Zuma 💯 tmr cope he is a dishonest man.

[@thembanimgenu190]

Cope? Now you are gossiping as nothing proven to align him with cope, yes rumours say so but no proof

[@mmakoenajeffrey8534]

Good evening Cdes !!!Anc it is not going to make 50+ simply because Mkp is born now and when you check stats in November 2021 , nationally Anc obtained 45% whereas we all knew that Anc where it dropped it have history of no recovering.

[@vusidumisanimiya994]

100%✔️ look at Mid-Vaal & Western Cape no history of recovering electoral lose NEVER

[@lawrencelekgowane4754]

Mbeki is a confused old man.. Let him just go sleep

[@nomagcisacawe3297]

Born in 1942 just like zuma!!!!

[@josephinabukelwakekana8799]

At least Mr. Mbeki is not a hypocrite

[@user-hv2bb9pg2j]

All those ministers next month will be appearing in the Afriforum court for selling the country to Zimbabwe

[@GaragePie22]

He suddenly realised that he's on the wrong side of history!

[@Sbahlemp]

He won't go to the eastern cape coz he has failed his people

[@WatchTheDroneTV]

His people? He failed his own biological mother. His mother died an EFF foot soldier in rural E.C.

[@user-uy6rx9zo4i]

The only thing the ANC had to do was to keep all of the rotten apples away from Mbeki's campaign trail. 😒

[@Heywena007]

Guys mbeki is an old man,he doesn't really have the same kind of energy of a young man anymore, he got tired,he needs to rest,its hard work trying to cover-up for the "galary of rogues "

[@user-ci7tn2gm8g]

Why now after campaigning in KZN?

[@thabangmutsi105]

I admire everyone's confidence... ANC will not lose...

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

He discovered in KZN that the horse had already bolted and he was wasting his time. The support for MK is too overwhelming and he is intelligent enough to realise a lost cause.

[@thembantshingila2592]

He realized the horse has bolted, u Msholozi umdlisa ngama phayiphi

[@akachillas6437]

He has realized that its not easy to lie and to pretend.

[@lorriemamoet9406]

He had a moment of sanity😂

[@BrianWilliams03]

I just want to make one thing clear, any investor that says they won't invest when a certain party wins, THEY MUST GLADLY VOETSEK 🤞💯 They can not dictate who the people must vote for and who not to vote for, that's a very huge red flag🤞💯 Real investors must be willing to work with whoever occupies office, not their puppets and when they don't get their puppets then they instill fear in people, they can voetsek and go invest their money somewhere else🤞💯

[@kunlekolapo14]

These ones are just lying, which investors told them that? Investors that enter war torn Congo Dr to mine minerals. Dey play

[@ahlienritjh]

They must go VOETSEK.... They actually blocked the space for reliable and fair investors.

[@mamasmosoathu1364]

Easy to say but the consequences might be painful... Let's see hence I pray for my beutiful Country SA for peace.

[@fanamlawuli6761]

You are a true Patriot, I'd fight side by side with a man like you

[@BrianWilliams03]

@@fanamlawuli6761 we must stop this thing of investors will leave because citizens voted for a certain political party, it is our right to vote for whoever we want and if they're not happy with democratic processes of South Africa, they must leave and stop annoying us💯🤞

[@zuzemoyo7696]

Mày have read the SCRIPT.

[@briannobin5437]

He had a suspicion that the ANC was going south and called time ..

[@janomesteve3129]

The 360 experience youtube channel beware beware beware of these fools

[@Lungile_Adams]

We can be held hostage by investors. We need a free and fair elections

[@willieterblanche9417]

Because it’s a corrupt and sinking ship hope the new government put them all in jail

[@phillipshepherd1465]

Ask him to whom they sold South Africa in Britain in 1987. The truth must come out.

[@giftmtshali2046]

Thank God we MK

[@rnnad7859]

South Africans, we need a new government led from outside the 3 largest parties. Vote for new parties for change. The current big parties are too invested in keeping the status quo.

[@mgodoyikzn]

Yhooo never we want the Government party

[@charliepepper3039]

Mbeki has learned that the ANC is talking to MK for a coalition collaboration and he is sick to his stomach about this. This was kept from him and he is furious about it.

[@selvinlouw]

If Mbeki did what Zuma did with ANC in 2009 then he would have absolutely broken the ANC to pieces as he had a huge following as a mostly successful presidency.

[@motsekiaTholo]

Mbeki is just scapegoating .Running after criminals and thieves.unless he is not one of them.Shaya Zuma shaya

[@sibusisobrian5038]

All i can say is dankie Thabo

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

He can see who is behind ANc and what is their agenda

[@bonganishezi3449]

Thabo Mbheki is a Flip floper of untold proportion. Victory for MK is certain Viva MK viva

[@zanonoza4918]

A regional party ! No ways . Keep dreaming .

[@mzekenamanjearistokasi6832]

Intellectual flip flopper par excellence this madala. He must continue with his I am African poems.

[@SiyabongaNgubane-wb6kv]

His hate for One Man 😂

[@user-sf5mz1zk3y]

He must come to campaign for us ma MK amahle That's shows our President Zuma is bravery

[@urbansiblings1565]

Mbeki has a right to campaign for the ANC, he is a member and once a leader.

[@phumlamazibuko3003]

But he left the ANC campaign😂😂

[@phumlamazibuko3003]

Lomkhulu ushiyile ukukhankasela ANC Kanti isingisi siyakudida awuzwanga ushiyile😂😂😂😂

[@urbansiblings1565]

@@phumlamazibuko3003 Mbeki have to attend a diplomatic mission with African Union . We should not spread lies. The focus provinces for the ANC is Gauteng and KZN , and TM was there. Other provinces , except WC, are already in the bag.

[@sasha8664]

Mbeki is a spoiled brat.He only came back to take a swipe at Zuma(dont get me started on Showerhead).Now that the ANC jacked him up because of his Tribalistic comment(which is True),he is running.😂

[@Sakhephi]

He realised his best days are far behind him. Ma 2k and late 90s don't even know him

[@craigrichards1945]

This is building up to such a mess..

[@ThembakaziNxesi]

it would have been a great boost for EC and WC

[@gavinsaunders8997]

King flip-flopped

[@leslenesantana7575]

Vote wisely before we become another Zimbabwe!

[@nhlanhlamahlangu2895]

If that's what it takes to get the land so be it! We have nothing to lose but everything to gain ✊🏿

[@SibongileMapeka]

We've never see mbeki Ramaphosa mbalula in northwest mafikeng zeerust and other areas of Batswana what a shame president of certain areas sis 😦

[@lorriemamoet9406]

The EFF offered him a job?😂

[@KhikhiM]

Govern once said thabo must never be trusted, now i see why

[@samuelmofokeng8256]

African duty called.

[@rinaludtke7301]

Hallelujah!!!

[@rinaludtke7301]

Rather campaign for the DA!

[@superflyphones9058]

Mbeki was not there to campaign for ANC, he was there to criticize Zuma, the man was a hypocrite

[@janomesteve3129]

Citizen concerned youtube channel beware of the comrades

[@wisemanphiwe3658]

Mbeki The Poet

[@thembanimgenu190]

I still poll the ANC at 42-43%. And Ramaphosa sacked post the elections as demands come left and right for coalitions

[@TSG0195]

Isn’t that a bit too high🤷🏾‍♂️ maybe you should study trends a bit more.

[@SakkieKoekemoer235]

@@TSG0195 ANC at 53% is a fair assessment

[@TSG0195]

@@SakkieKoekemoer235 We'll be watching ... but you're wrong

[@siyabongajacobdlamini1764]

His job is done ✅ go rest, to bad he didn't see Zuma fall before the election.

[@tumelojasonmngadi7893]

So it was Ramaphosa that expelled Julius Malema😮

[@Architivist_]

Flip flop flip flop is that you 😂😂

[@user-we3yu7pr9p]

Why not in Eastern Cape?

[@gideonmthembu8693]

There is a lot of politicking here. Someone noticed the power he has and decided to plant a bad seed in the whole thing. ANC need all the veterans to barely survive. The good thing though is that he remains at the same place.

[@thomasmchunu3605]

Mbeki is actually flip flopping and it's painting a picture of the leadership quality he is

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

This guy is smart and he can see who is behind Ramaphosa

[@Designalkebulan]

He is a joke now. He needs to rest.

[@user-yt4eu8kx4m]

Old age, his mind is not working properly

[@mgodoyikzn]

Yours is not working properly but you are young,your are walking zombie

[@dalisiganga]

The New ANC National Spokesperson is uninspiring

[@thomramos2852]

Ayakwene 😂😂😂,

[@thatosebotsane8017]

Siyancoba 🖤💚💛

[@mxobhungane143]

His masters pushed him out 😂allegedly

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

Well he noticed who is behind Ramaphosa and he noticed they treat them like kids

[@DumaM-ir7rk]

I am really not sure what to say about the old man. He need to go and rest

[@darlingtonmachilar6745]

Mbeki is a crying baby

[@MamaMama-kq1fx]

Imagine if ANC and EFF tune south Africa to Zimbabwe style and black people begin to be refuge special in Africa the people of Africa will really finish black south Africa

[@kgomotsomfisa7038]

So those you love you don't call them flip floppers? 😂😂😂