They are accusing Mashatile of abandoning party President Cyril Ramaphosa and calling on him to resign at the National Working Committee meeting on the back of the Phala Phala saga.
Some of the delegates picketed outside the venue of the ANC National Executive Committee meeting called to discuss Ramaphosa’s fate, at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.Bullied Last month, ANC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Chairperson, Siboniso Duma, said they will not be bullied by other provinces into supporting Mashatile for the position of deputy president.
The party said it is still in talks with other provinces to ensure that the ANC emerges as a united force after the conference in December. As the ANC 55th National Conference approaches, lobbying and campaigning intensify. Some provinces, including Limpopo and Gauteng have nominated Mashatile to be the Deputy President, a position currently occupied by David Mabuza.He said the ANC can’t have the entire leadership coming from Gauteng, for the party has to show some diversity.Additional reporting by Ntebo Mokobo
It will be a massacre.
How will it be credible while almost all candidates are not?