ANC supporters seen holding the party's flag at a conference. [File image]
This has seen ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule suspended for refusing to step aside. Zandile Gumede who has stepped aside and could not attend the conference was allowed to send a letter to accept her nomination as the regional chair – a position she has since won. And Mandla Msibi was elected Treasurer in absentia.
“It’s a very painful exercise I don’t wish anyone to be on a step aside, especially because our constitution and our country’s constitution clearly says a person is innocent until is found guilty. You cannot be penalised and be seen guilty. But because it affects me directly I don’t want to talk about it. Our branches in December will talk about it and they have already started talking about it because it really is killing our movement.
“I think that the ANC is seriously facing a mountain of challenges in the implementation of the step-aside rule. This is because there is no buy on this rule and there is no way in which the ANC will come out the same from this step-aside rule. The conflicts are very deep and with leaders that are very compromised. We have seen them ascending to higher positions within the party.
They, themselves, simply don't know what 'Step aside' rule entails. They just don't want to look stupid by bringing their SG back since they don't understand why they made him to step aside
Time for the ANC to Step Aside !
He couldn't buy these ones now... The power of the branch
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This is the power of the branches