PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at the Democratic Alliance (DA) for interfering in ANC’s factional battles following the suspension of the governing party’s Secretary-General Ace Magashule on Wednesday night.
Ramaphosa faced a barrage of tough questions in the National Assemble about the COVID-19 vaccine programme, economic recovery and efforts to end gender-based violence.
DA’s leader John Steenhuisen told Ramaphosa that he is busy with internal ANC factional battles while South Africa was falling behind in the vaccine programme.
This was after Magashule was suspended as Secretary-General on Wednesday night over corruption claims related to the asbestos tender in the Free State when he was Premier.
Ramaphosa responded: “I am just wondering what Mr Steenhuisen ate at lunch because it does seem like he’s a very angry young man and I don’t know what he ate.”
The president said his party’s factional battles have nothing to with Steenhuisen or the
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