Other ANC leaders used the Robben Island Museum ferry, Sikhululekile, while President Cyril Ramaphosa was choppered onto the island for security reasons. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is alleged to have arrived at an ANC even on Robben Island on this yacht belonging to a prominent tenderpreneur with government contracts. Picture: X THE ANC has opted to remain silent on reports that the party’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula arrived at a…

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Mbalula stumbles to yet another blunder amid reports of a luxury yacht entrance at ANC event

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The African National Congress (ANC) rejects the misrepresentation that its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s transport choice during the visit to Robben Island in Cape Town was an indulgence in luxury as he opted for a yacht. The ANC celebrated its 113th anniversary at the Mandela Park Stadium in Khayelitsha at the weekend and party leaders held various engagements in the build up to the event main event. This included a visit to Robben Island …

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ANC 'clears the air' on luxury yacht used by Fikile Mbalula

Fikile Mbalula, secretary-general of the ANC, did not act improperly when he arrived at Robben Island on Wednesday in a luxury superyacht.

Fikile Mbalula, sekretaris-generaal van die ANC, het nie verkeerd opgetree toe hy Woensdag met ’n luukse superjag by Robbeneiland opgedaag het nie.

Netwerk24 | ANC: ‘Mbalula móés op luukse superjag na Robbeneiland vaar’

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Netwerk24 | ANC: 'Mbalula had to sail to Robben Island on a luxury superyacht'

ANC NEC member Donald Selamolela defended Fikile Mbalula's arrival on Robben Island by yacht, but South Africans don't think much about the excuse.

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ANC explains Fikile Mbalula’s arrival by yacht to Robben Island, Mzansi calls the explanation weak

The ANC has dismissed criticism that its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, used a luxurious yacht to travel to the party's

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ANC justifies Mbalula's use of lavish yacht for party event

Mbalula posted on X that people should personally ask him why he took the yacht.

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Dailysun | Mbalula's 'yacht': NEC will deal with him

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula faced criticism after he arrived at a Robben Island event aboard a luxury yacht, overshadowing a commemoration honouring political prisoners. According to a Times Live report, Mbalula sparked controversy among party leaders during the ANC’s 113th anniversary celebrations in Cape Town last week by arriving at Robben Island on the extravagant yacht. 
ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula is facing criticism aft…

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Critics slam Mbalula's lavish yacht arrival at Robben Island ANC event

Fikile Mbalula, the ANC Secretary-General, reportedly going on a yacht trip to Robben Island, has triggered an uproar. Social media users accuse him of tone-deafness, insensitivity, and elitism, pointing out the painful irony of a leisure cruise to the site where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid icons endured decades of imprisonment. But this incident isn’t an anomaly. It’s emblematic of something deeper: the ANC’s increasingly fraught re…

Mbalula’s grand entrance at recent event on Robben Island raises eyebrows

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