By Akani Nkuna
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has moved to shut down succession debates within the party, discouraging branches and structures from fuelling discussions about the ANC presidency and urging members to allow internal processes to take their course.
Mbalula said it was premature to indicate whether he would contest the party’s top position at the ANC’s 2027 elective conference.
The ANC is expected to hold its next national elective conference in 2027, with no clear frontrunner for the presidency having emerged to date.
“No, that will be discussed next year — whether I stand or do not stand [as ANC president]. The matter of standing is reserved until then,” Mbalula told the SABC in a wide-ranging interview.
“If I were to comment on whether I am standing or not standing, I would be fuelling a debate that the organisation has agreed must stop. When that time comes — in
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