ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s home region, Fezile Dabi District, has threatened to interdict the party’s National Executive Committee if he steps aside at the end of the month.
The ruling party’s NEC resolved in August that any ANC official charged with corruption must step aside promptly from any leadership position they may hold.
Magashule is refusing to step down, despite facing 21 charges of corruption, money laundering and fraud, stemming from his time as Free State Premier.
He is among the ANC leaders who are facing suspension from the party should they fail to step aside by the end of this month.
They will be suspended from the ANC should they fail to voluntarily do so.
The Fezile Dabi Regional Task team said at the weekend that it has consulted branches on the political tussles in the ANC and Magashule’s future.
The majority of the branches in the region
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