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Former ANC president and MK Party leader Jacob Zuma has hit out at what he describes as the ANC’s desertion of black people.

Addressing a Youth Day crowd at Mayine Sports Ground in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, on Tuesday, Zuma launched an attack on the current ANC leadership, blaming them for black poverty and accusing them of merging with white interests.

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