Mlangeni Foundation doesn’t want his legacy drawn into ‘noise’ over Zuma’s part in memorial

The family of anti-apartheid veteran Andrew Mlangeni has seemingly distanced itself from the announcement by the ANC that former president Jacob Zuma will be speaking at a “virtual reflection” on the life and times of the Rivonia Trialist on Friday, saying the involvement of those he was critical of won’t redefine what he stood for.

He added, “that is something that the ANC and other comrades have arranged, but it’s not an initiative that is driven by the family”.The politician was a “man of honour” and had expressed reservations around state capture, Kekana said. While there may be disapproval around Zuma’s involvement in the ANC event, the family’s role is limited, Kekana added.

“We just have to make sure we don’t confuse the involvement of some people who Ntate Mlangeni might have been critical of as a condonation of what Ntate stood for. It’s the nature of this kind of death that you can’t control who comes in, so it becomes bigger than any one person,” Mkhize said.

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