IT is the second day of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the Nasrec Expo Centre, the first physical meeting since 2020, some delegates took the opportunity to ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside to allow investigations into the Phala Phala theft scandal.
“If Phala Phala money was legitimate business money, why was it in a sofa and not in a bank?” NEC member and ANC presidential hopeful Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma asked.
It is believed that Dlamini-Zuma was not alone in calling for the President to step aside in line with the ANC resolution.
However, those who support the President argued that he should stay on the job until the national elective conference in December.
The debate on Phala Phala dominated the NEC debates beginning on Friday when Ramaphosa attempted to clarify the matter in his Political Report.
Acting Secretary-General Paul Mashatile said
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