President Cyril Ramaphosa is engaged in a fierce power struggle in the ANC and corruption allegations surrounding his son were stoking the fire, according to political analyst Andre Duvenhage.
The ruling parties’ concerned elders, in a briefing yesterday, concurred the ANC leadership was embroiled in a “fight for the soul of the ANC”, as party veteran Cheryl Carolus put it.
Their press briefing was a bid to convince members accused or found guilty of wrongdoing to remove themselves from the party’s election lists.
But the group made light of revelations emerging from the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture implicating Ramaphosa’s son, Andile, via contracts with embattled former Bosasa Group.
Yesterday, Ramaphosa issued a statement through his spokesperson, Khusela Diko, responding to media reports suggesting that Bosasa’s business dealings with his son were connected to allegations that the ANC had directly benefitted from Bosasa’s business with government.
“The presidency has
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