SUSPENDED ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has hit back by suspending Cyril Ramaphosa, sparking a full-blown rebellion among certain branches against the governing party’s President.
Last night, shortly after his temporary suspension was confirmed, indignant branches instructed Magashule to suspend Ramaphosa as ANC President, saying he himself is facing charges of money laundering, buying votes at the ANC’s 2017 elective conference at Nasrec, tender irregularities, perjury and bringing the party into disrepute.
Magashule, a master of diversionary tactics, added to the backlash by issuing a statement suspending Ramaphosa, saying this was done in terms of Resolution 8.2 of the 54th National Conference.
The resolution states that, “every cadre accused of, or reported to be involved in, corrupt practices accounts to the Integrity Committee immediately, or faces DC processes….,and Resolution 8.3 that further provides for the suspension of … people who fail to give an acceptable explanation, or to voluntarily step down
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