PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa says the decision by African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Ace Magashule to take the party to court is unprecedented.
Magashule is challenging his suspension by the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) over corruption charges laid against him.
“For a secretary-general to decide to take his own organisation to court and question the constitutionality of that very constitution he’s been implementing and adhering to, is a big surprise,” Ramaphosa said.
“This is unprecendeted, but we obviously need to go through that.
“The matter is now sub judice and we must let the process run its full course.”
Ramaphosa was speaking to the media after handing over title deeds to 30 black farmers in Tafelkop in Limpopo on Saturday as part of the government’s land programme.
The Magashule matter has led to divisions in the ANC.
Asked about issues of unity in the governing party, Ramaphosa said he was
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