MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: Our movement finds itself today at a similar moment in its history. #ANC54, held at Nasrec in December 2017, was also characterised by introspection and critical debate. #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: The Morogoro Conference was a turning point not only for the liberation movement, but also for the struggle for democracy in South Africa. #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: OR Tambo himself said it was the presence of MK cadres, "their mood of revolutionary urgency, their voice and their demands which prevailed at Morogoro." #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: The Morogoro Conference was therefore a moment of critical introspection. Debate was frank, robust and often heated as delegates had to confront difficult and contentious issues. #Morogoro50 https://t.co/zH1aicXQRh
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: At times, it also experienced weakened structures and went through periods of organisational decline. Many of these problems came to a head in the months immediately preceding the National Consultative Conference held in #Moro
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: We conduct the struggle today as the governing party in national government and in most provincial and local governments, with the power and the resources to redress the injustices of our past. #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: We conduct the struggle today under conditions of freedom and democracy, where the rights of all are equally guaranteed, and where all are free to vote, express themselves, organise and protest peacefully. #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: We recall the life of OR Tambo so that we may understand the challenges he had to confront, and so that we may draw guidance and inspiration as we undertake the tasks and confront the difficulties of our time. #Morogoro50
MYANC: President #Ramaphosa: It was under the leadership of OR Tambo that the conditions for negotiations were spelt out in the Harare Declaration and the ANC's Constitutional Guidelines were adopted, most of which are now enshrined in our Constituti
