Ramaphosa: ANC’s internal battles are not the opposition’s business - The Mail & Guardian

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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday told opposition leaders the ANC’s internal strife was none of their business when he answered questions in the national assembly after party secretary general Ace Magashule’s attempt to suspend him.

Economic Freedom Fighters chief whip Floyd Shivambu interjected before Ramaphosa could speak to ask in what capacity he was appearing in the house given Magashule’s late night letter to the president, which the party has dismissed as invalid.

He said many health workers have not been vaccinated yet, and the country lagged at position 33 on the continent when African vaccination programmes were compared. “When you were involved in your own battles in the Democratic Alliance you never heard a single one of us say anything. We did not comment because it is not our space. What happens in the Democratic Alliance is your business, and what is happening in the ANC is also not your business. It is ANC business.”

“With that out of the way, South Africa had, like other nations, been short-changed when it sought to acquire vaccines,” he said. “You possibly would have wanted us to act like cowboys and just do whatever … we are not orientated that way,” he said. “Sometimes you may appoint people thinking they are fit for purpose and they may be found wanting in one area or another.”

 

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When the governing body behavior affects the country its everyones business .......

Sometimes I truly wish Twitter just had a thumbs down, and not just a ❤️

It's the business of the entire electorate. Internal strife in the ANC translates into the absence of governance and the misappropriation of taxpayers money. SA looks like a joke and cannot attract investment. The grass is being trampled.

It is DA's business since they have an alliance with the Anc

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