Zuma: Our enemy remains white monopoly capital

In his opening address at the MKMVA conference on Friday, he reminded the veterans of the ANC’s strategy and tactics document adopted in 1969.

“The document could not have been more unambiguous about this point then when it said and I quote: 'In our country more than in any other part of the oppressed world it is inconceivable for liberation to have meaning without a return of the wealth of the land to the people as a whole.'"

He says the attainment of democracy cannot be the end of the struggle. 

“We can’t therefore say because we are politically free and have democracy that is the end. We must complete the liberation as per the ANC’s strategy and tactics. Our failure to understand this and act accordingly makes mockery of our status as a revolutionary movement leading the national democratic revolution aimed at the total emancipation of black people,” says Zuma.

The president called for unity in the run-up to the ANC's national conference in December. 

“Comrades our revolution is on trial, we must unite and close ranks. We have seen in the recent past the sporadic emergence of civil society groupings mobilised on the basis of hostile opinions against the ANC and its leadership. Most unfortunately some have fallen into the trap and have joined these groupings in order to appear as intellectually and morally sound. When we participate in activities aimed at dividing, weakening and destroying the ANC, we are in essence acting in a counter-revolutionary manner,” says Zuma.