From Masina the self-respecting man who won t take R 1000 from another man to sudden, very dangerous and life-threatening U-turns on the N3 a lot was said on the sides of the ANC s national elective conference, and we ve summed up some of our top comments.
This comes after influential Limpopo leaders instructed delegates to forgo their branch mandates and not support Ramaphosa. But this has been rejected by the delegates.
Eyewitness News understands that attempts by key figures in the province to sway Limpopo towards positions adopted by KwaZulu-Natal, including supporting Zweli Mkhize as president and the scrapping of the step-aside resolution came to nothing.
“What we have just observed is very unfortunate, actually destructive, really bordering on something that we should not really witness as the younger generation of the ANC," said Eastern Cape ANC chairperson Oscar Mabuyane.
In a statement on Sunday night, Limpopo provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe said that Ramaphosa should be given time and space to lead both the ANC and the state.