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ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa and his lobbyists for dumping him at an eleventh hour in favour of newly elected national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe.
At the start of the conference, Limpopo was one of the provinces united in its support of Ramaphosa.
Delegates from the province were also mandated by their branches to vote for Ramaphosa for the position of President.
But on the eve of the elections, Mathabatha was lobbied to dump Ramaphosa in favour of former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize in return for KwaZulu-Natal putting its weight behind him for the position of National Chairperson.
After negotiations with KZN lobbyists, Mathabatha openly endorsed Mkhize just hours before the elections.
He said the decision to support Mkhize followed a meeting of provincial executive committee (PEC) where it was agreed that Ramaphosa and his people were no longer supporting Mathabatha for the
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