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Mbeki's Sabotage Claim on ANC Power Loss

Mbeki says sabotage and a hidden security network cost the ANC power

Thabo Mbeki’s Explosive Speech EXPOSES How the ANC Was Blocked From Governing — Cool Buzz

Summary

Thabo Mbeki says the ANC was blocked from governing by a sabotage campaign and a never-dismantled security network, citing SARS's collapse, the 2008 blackout, July 2021 unrest and the 2024 election.

What it argues

  1. 2024 result tied to security networkPolitics

    Mbeki says the MK Party's 2024 surge and the ANC's drop came from reactivating a national security management system. He says that machinery, never dismantled, produced the result — not his own disputes with ANC leadership. Mbeki frames the ANC's 2024 electoral loss as engineered, not organic.

  2. July 2021 unrest as counter-revolutionPolitics

    Mbeki rejects the account that the unrest was solidarity with Jacob Zuma's jailing, calling it "a complete lie". He says it was a counter-revolution testing whether it could destabilise the country. He recasts the unrest as a deliberate test of state strength.

  3. Defrais on police capacityPolitics

    Mbeki cites General Roland Defrais describing the unrest as well planned, using cars without registration numbers. Defrais reportedly said it showed the democratic state and police could not defend themselves. Mbeki invokes a former SADF general to back his sabotage claim.

  4. SARS deliberately destroyedEconomics

    Mbeki says the Nugent commission report, made public in 2018, found a deliberate decision to destroy SARS. He says SARS collects 95% of state revenue, so destroying it threatens pay for civil servants and soldiers. Mbeki ties SARS's weakening to a wider campaign against state finances.

  5. Coal shortage behind 2008 blackoutEconomics

    Mbeki says Eskom power station managers deliberately failed to replenish coal despite internal warnings from November 2007. This caused the January 2008 blackout, and Eskom's emergency declaration then doubled coal prices overnight. He says the 2008 power crisis was engineered internally, not accidental.

  6. TRC failed to probe security machineryLaw & rulings

    Mbeki says the national security management system was raised with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He says the TRC tried to investigate it but could not produce any result. Mbeki says a past accountability body failed to uncover the machinery he blames.

  7. IFP hostels shift to MK PartySociety

    Mbeki says hostels once aligned with the IFP, which clashed violently with ANC communities in the 1990s, backed the MK Party in 2024. He attributes this to control by "the same person" over both, without naming them. Mbeki says hostel loyalty reflects continuity of control, not conviction.

Key points

  • Mbeki attributes the ANC's 2024 election loss to a reactivated security management system.
  • He calls the July 2021 unrest a counter-revolution, not solidarity with Zuma.
  • He says SARS and Eskom were deliberately sabotaged to weaken the state.
  • He says IFP-turned-MK hostels remain under the same controlling person.
  • The transcript is partly machine-garbled, so some wording is uncertain.

Open questions

  • The Nugent report, the Defrais interview and the SIU findings are cited but not included in the material.
  • Mbeki does not name the person he says controls both the former IFP and MK hostels.
  • The transcript is machine-generated and partly garbled, so some passages cannot be confirmed.
  • The material contains no responses from the ANC, the MK Party, Eskom or SARS.

Sources

Mbeki's Sabotage Claim on ANC Power Loss — Coherence Academy