Thabo Mbeki calls for serious national dialogue on engineered state sabotage

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Former president Thabo Mbeki wants the country to convene for a national dialogue after the election to tackle what he called counterrevolution which has been making the democratic government fail since 1994.
Mbeki diagnosed what has paralysed the democratic state led by the ANC since 1994 and called for an inclusive dialogue with civil society organisations, politicians, businesses, labour and others to discuss a way forward for the country.
Mbeki attributed failure of the democratic government to sabotage in state-owned enterprises such as Eskom.
Will there be change in the way the governing party is governing? Mbeki says they will try to change.
He also touched on the country’s ability to deal with unrest.
The former head of state is touched by the quality leaders the liberation movement is attracting.
It's something that has been on Mbeki’s mind of a while. Last year he alleged deliberate attempts to make the government fail. Recently he’s been consistent, saying there are people within the governing party who don’t have party values but are there to steal. Last year Mbeki said there is a process to ensure the government does not succeed, referring to crime and state owned enterprises.