The minister recently retracted her statement after acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni repudiated what she said.
This followed Ramaphosa’s statement that the unrest was a failed attempt at an insurrection.
Mapisa-Nqakula added that a counter-revolution is an act that is meant to undermine the state.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has backtracked on her statement about a counter-revolution and pledged her loyalty to the President. Image: STRINGER/AFPSource: Getty Images
She continued by stating that a counter-revolution would inevitably undermine the country’s democracy.
Ntshavehni made the statement on Monday, 19 July after the apparent contradiction ofgovernmentviews.
This follows Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s statement to Parliament over the weekend.
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She added that theSANDFwas seeing signs of a counter-revolution brought forward by ‘thuggery’ and ‘criminality’.
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Source: Briefly News
Reeshni ChettyReeshni Chetty is a senior current affairs reporter.
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