(File photo) Reverend Frank Chikane

Struggle veteran the Rev Frank Chikane has launched a blistering attack on the current political leadership and called on leaders to rather emulate Nelson Mandela and the leaders of his time.

He made the comments during the keynote speech at a colloquium held in honour of Mandela and the ANC’s centenary celebrations at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu on Tuesday, before Mandela’s 94th birthday celebrations on Wednesday.

Chikane, president of the Apostolic Faith Mission of SA and former director-general in the presidency during Thabo Mbeki’s term, said former police commissioner Jackie Selebi – jailed for accepting bribes from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti – started his relationship with Agliotti decades ago when Agliotti sponsored the ANC while it was still a banned organisation.

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