Magashule advised’ to publicly apologise - Ramaphosa Updated
Nokukhanya N Mntambo
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Suspended secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) Ace Magashule has been advised to make a public apology for issuing a bogus suspension letter to party president Cyril Ramaphosa.
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This comes after a letter from the Office of the Secretary General surfaced on social media, announcing Ramaphosa s suspension - hours after the party had temporarily suspended Magashule.
A defiant Magashule refused to go down without a fight, vowing to appeal his fatally flawed suspension.
At the time, he claimed his deputy Jessie Duarte had no powers to serve him with the letter.
ANC lobby group calls for urgent National General Council meeting
By Vernon Mchunu
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DURBAN - AN INTERNAL ANC radical transformation lobby group has called for an urgent sitting of the party’s National General Council to review the step-aside thorny issue, arguing the policy was being exploited to destroy former president Jacob Zuma’s perceived allies.
Reacting to the rumour of an impending arrest of Zuma, the Radical Economic Transformation Champion (RETC) body yesterday vowed to lobby “friends from African countries” to form a human shield around the embattled former head of state.
They called on the National Executive Committee (NEC) to lift the suspension of secretary-general Ace Magashule, arguing the suspension was invalid.
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April 27 - Day of political reckoning for ANC NEC
By Professor Dirk Kotze
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A few weeks from now it will be April 27 – Freedom Day, the day of the new South Africa. But this year, it could be a day of political reckoning.
The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) concluded this week that 30 days will be used to fine-tune the implementation of the “stepping aside” decision taken at its 2017 National Conference.
The resolution is focused on ANC members who face legal charges of corruption and other criminal misdemeanours. They are expected to temporarily leave their positions in the ANC or government until a court judgment is available. Therefore, it covers the grey area of persons suspected of criminal offences but without any confirmation by a court judgment.
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