PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign for re-election as ANC President received a major boost at the weekend when the party’s treasurer-general Paul Mashatile said members wanted him to secure a second term.
Mashatile was addressing the Progressive Business Forum in Cape Town on Friday night following the State of the Nation Address on Thursday.
Mashatile said Ramaphosa has tackled corruption and he has made headway by appointing capable and skilled people to towards establishing good governance.
Mashatile’s comments comes just under ten months before the ANC’s elective conference in December, where the party will elect new leadership.
“Members of the ANC feel strongly the president should make himself available for a another term to be able to continue with this programme of tackling corruption,” said Mashatile.
“One thing the president has done since he came into office was to tackle corruption head-on and make sure state institutions function optimally.”
He said
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