South Africa’s road to political unity is long
Once a home for activists of all races, the ANC now faces an identity challenge as racial divisions in politics deepen.
Does the ANC really need whites in its ranks? ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji sparked this controversial debate when he said he wants to see more racial diversity in the party.
He made the remarks during a youth rally in the Eastern Cape at the weekend, where he expressed concern over the lack of white participation in the youth league.
Malatji questioned why, decades after democracy, young white South Africans are still largely absent from the ANC’s structures, especially considering the pivotal role played by figures like Joe Slovo, Denis Goldberg and other white comrades during the liberation struggle.
“We have to ask ourselves,” Malatji said, “why white youth do not see the ANC...
