African National Congress (ANC) NEC member and Minister of Small Business Lindiwe Zulu says the party strongly believes in media freedom and the Constitution of the country.
Speaking to SABC News at the ANC National General Council, currently underway at Gallagher Estate in Midrand,
Zulu says, “Although the party feels that the media is ganging up on them, the ANC strongly believes in media freedom and the Constitution that protects everybody.”
She adds: “However, it cannot be right that every time you wake up in the morning all you receive is negative narrative that goes on and on about the African National Congress like there is nothing good we are doing as an organisation.”
“All we want is fairness in the reporting and we feel that comrades must also be given a chance to explain themselves.”
Zulu also says that a big discussion at the NGC is the issue of economics, as “South Africa needs a fixed and growing economy that will finally give people economic benefits, particularly those who were previously left out of the sector”.
The ANC NGC comes to a close on Sunday after a three day conference.
The NGC is convened to discuss and debate the “strategic organisational and political issues facing the movement”. It cannot change policies or resolutions adopted by the party’s five-yearly national conference.
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