<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Was it a surprise to you that you were given the arts and culture position?
No, there is no surprise when you are a cadre of the ANC because you are deployed anywhere. You are given a five-year contract to do a portfolio and<wm> to keep them happy and satisfied with the ANC. That is not a five-year contract with one person to be deployed to different posts, it’s actually much more complex.
What sparked the desire to leave and to go to work as the ANC Youth League and work within its structure?
For a lot of African people the ANC Youth League was a place to belong, a place to discover who we are, who we are doing and who we are. Because of our rich history, the struggles and sacrifices of</wm> our forefathers, we have been denied the status and opportunities of the rest of the South Africans