{"id":100254,"date":"2025-09-03T12:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=100254"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:23:34","slug":"after-nearly-three-decades-boy-mamabolo-exits-anc-amid-claims-of-sabotage-and-marginalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/after-nearly-three-decades-boy-mamabolo-exits-anc-amid-claims-of-sabotage-and-marginalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"After Nearly Three Decades, Boy Mamabolo Exits ANC Amid Claims of Sabotage and Marginalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 September 2025 | 12:24 CAT
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Suspended ANC member and former member of Parliament Jacob \u201cBoy\u201d Mamabolo announced his resignation from the African National Congress, ending a political relationship that spanned nearly thirty years.<\/p>\n

In his resignation letter addressed to Limpopo ANC provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe, Mamabolo lamented that he could “no longer endure the abuse” he alleges was inflicted upon him by internal party forces. He cited \u201cinternal sabotage, political marginalisation, and deliberate efforts to discredit him\u201d as reasons behind his decision.<\/p>\n

During a Radio Islam interview<\/a>, the host explored whether Mamabolo’s resignation was merely a formality, considering he had been suspended, removed as an MP, and had already tried forming his own party. Mamabolo, with a reflective tone, delivered his response.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn any abusive relationship, whether in a marriage or so on, the abused person will be patient\u2026 maybe for a decade, or for two decades, or almost 30 years like myself now. I’ve been a member for 29 years, but I just don’t know now that this is too much now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamabolo\u2019s fraught relationship with the ANC has several flashpoints:<\/p>\n