ANC veterans under fire in Archie Gumede Memorial Lecture

ANC veterans who have been critical of the current leadership of the ruling party have come under fire at the Archie Gumede Memorial Lecture in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.

NEC member and Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa delivered the keynote address at the event.

ANC Moses Mabhida regional secretary Mzi Zuma who fired shots at the veterans, thanked the Gumede family for allowing both Josiah Gumede and his father, former ANC president Archie Gumede to join the ANC when the apartheid government was still in power.

He said party members were inspired by the discipline shown by the family towards the ANC, adding that the Gumede family was an example of what to expect from people who have been in the ANC.

Zuma said it was embarrassing to see families with great struggle credentials waging a war against the ANC, even going to the extent of siding with counter revolutionaries.

He called on the party's rank and file to defend the ANC against any form of attack.