WATCH: ANC sold to the highest bidder at Nasrec - Zuma
Former president Jacob Zuma says he fears the African National Congress (ANC) sold it's soul during and after the Nasrec conference in December 2017.
This was during the ANC's National Conference when Zuma lost the race for the presidency of the party to Cyril Rampahosa.
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In the second instalment of the Zoom interview with his son, Duduzane Zuma, the former president says he believes that the large amounts of money that was spent during the presidential campaigns in the run-up to the conference, undermined the integrity of the ANC.
"Money moves the ANC cadres to a point where it is not the ideological believes and principals. In a sense, it means you are tuning the ANC into a business. I think that was the unfortunate result of Nasrec," says Zuma.
He says he fears that the ANC was sold to the highest bidder.
"Leading up to that place, we were looking at it not from one angle as cadres that this is an ANC we want to move forward and implement things. You were talking to people who were saying this is the ANC; I must buy. And once I buy it, it belongs to me," adds Zuma.
Zuma continues to say he believes after the Nasrec National Conference; it became difficult for ANC members to stick to their principles.
However, Zuma never mentions President Cyril Ramaphosa by name as allegedly having bought ANC members to ensure their votes.
Last year, the Sunday Independent reported that a group of politicians, campaign managers and strategists earned millions for helping Ramaphosa in his successful campaign to become the president of the governing party.
Zuma ends off by denying that he is now seeking revenge for his loss against Ramaphosa.
"It's not sour grapes; it is a reality. That people were bought is no longer just what people saw at the time. It is what has come to the fore as evidence," concludes Zuma.
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