CHARLES MOLELE
KEY supporters of ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule have accused a powerful grouping aligned to President Cyril Ramaphosa of cherry-picking corruption cases in a desperate bid to tarnish his name.
The fate of Magashule, who is facing corruption charges related to the R255 million tender for an asbestos audit, is expected to top agenda at the governing party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting, despite the issue not originally being on the draft programme.
The ANC NEC, the party’s highest decision-making body between conferences, is meeting to discuss, among other key issues, the January 8 Statement to be delivered by the party’s president at the beginning of the year.
Among other issues, the virtual conference was expected to discuss the way forward regarding the constitutionality of its 2015 ANC National General Council (NGC) resolution, which called for corruption-accused leaders to step aside.
The party has gathered five separate legal opinions
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