SACP General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, says president Cyril Ramaphosa is being persecuted for fighting corruption.
Nzimande’s comments came at the 98th birthday celebrations in Mpumalanga, and follows weekend reports of leaked emails which suggest that Ramaphosa knew the funders of his CR17 campaign for the ANC presidency.
Online news publication, NEWS24 said Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had referenced these emails in her report into a R500,000 donation Ramaphosa received to his campaign from Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson in October 2017.
Last month, Ramaphosa took the Public Protector’s report on an urgent judicial review and described the report as “fundamentally and irretrievably flawed.”
“There’s a huge attempt to displace Comrade Ramaphosa. The ANC is in distress. Its divided. Let’s swell the ranks and save our movement,” Nzimande said.
SACP chairperson Senzeni Zokwana told delegates that president Ramaphosa was being undermined.
“Let’s get rid of those who want to clean the ANC.
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