I am sorely disappointed that Motlanthe would mislead our country | IOL News

Durban - I met with my exiled leader, Oliver Tambo, many times, in London, Nairobi, Lagos and Stockholm. But our 1971 meeting in Malawi was unique.I should attack the ANC from time to time.

Thus I became a so-called homelands leader. I never had a problem rocking the boat, despite the risks. In 1973, we met in Umtata, Transkei, where I proposed a federal formula to ensure that our country would not be dissected and balkanised into “independent” Bantustans, while still giving the regime its “separate development”, federalism, would enable us to remain within South Africa, as one country.

In 1991, when constitutional negotiations began, I revived the proposal of a federal formula for South Africa. I and the Inkatha Freedom Party thus petitioned for a federal system that would allow the devolution of governance powers on the basis of subsidiarity. Only the then Democratic Party agreed.But we secured provinces, which have provided some checks and balances to total control by one party. This is a boon to multiparty democracy. I realise that for some these are inconvenient truths. I was shocked by former president Kgalema Motlanthe’s comments last week.

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