PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies in the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) have once again failed to force Ace Magashule to step down as ANC Secretary General.
This comes after the party’s NEC made new recommendations on the step aside guidelines, which includes taking the 2017 conference resolution back to the branches before taking a decision.
The NEC, however, called on members of the party accused of corruption or misdemeanours to act in the interest of the ANC and step aside voluntarily in line with the recommendations of the integrity commission and the conference resolution.
ANC branches have not convened since the party’s elective congress.
Ramaphosa is struggling to assert his authority over the ANC since winning its presidency by a narrow margin in 2017.
During his closing remarks on Sunday, Ramaphosa said the NEC meeting adopted guidelines on implementing resolutions of the 54th conference on members and
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