More ANC war-talk
June 28 2008 at 08:42AM
By Deon de Lange
A parliamentary session dedicated to the 90th birthday celebrations of former president Nelson Mandela on Friday was marred by yet another top ANC member's threats of violence.
Ironically, the MP, Joel Mbhazima Sibiya, was delivering the final speech in the session dedicated to Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Sibiya's threat to take up arms was made when he told parliament that the ANC's armed struggle was not abandoned - but only suspended - after Mandela was released from prison in 1990.
Sibiya said even though his statement would make some people uncomfortable, only history would tell if it would be necessary to again take up arms.
"It was only in 1990 that the armed struggle was suspended. I want to underline - suspended, not abandoned," he said to applause and laughter from the ANC benches.
"I know when I say things like this, some people begin to feel: Oh, does he mean that there is a possibility of the armed struggle coming up? That I can't tell. It is only history that will tell," he said to further applause...
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