ANC Statement, 1 September 2013 City Press Distortions The African National Congress is aggrieved and angered by the distortion of Carien Du Plessis on the comments made by the Deputy Secretary General of ANC, Comrade Jessie Duarte when she spoke about the ANC election campaign. In distorting the DSG, she claims that Comrade Jessie said 'it is impossible to convince white people to vote for the ANC, so we will probably not waste time canvassing them'. In the article it is clear that this false statement originates from an unknown and faceless and so- called NEC member but is coined to suggest that the DSG made the statement. This is proof of tardy, unprofessional and provocative journalism that lacks credibility. We are surprised how the presentation of this article escaped the internal checks and balances within the City Press which also gave the article a misleading headline 'ANC won't waste it's time on white vote'. The opposite of the article is actually what Comrade Jessie said when she emphasized the need to reach to all South Africans and that our plan is to interact with each voter at least three times before the elections including white voters. We view this distortion as a malicious attempt to alienate the ANC from white voters. We demand a retraction and a public apology by the journalist and City Press failure of which will leave us with no option but to approach the media ombudsman. Issued by: Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House 54 Sauer Street Johannesburg Enquiries: Keith Khoza 082 823 9672 Khusela Sangoni-Khawe (079) 510 5408 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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