A fresh bid to nullify the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader is under way, with unhappy party members claiming that Ramaphosa was elected by bogus Mpumalanga branches at the party’s national elective conference in Nasrec, southern Johannesburg, in December.
This is the latest development as sharp divisions within the ANC continue to hinder Ramaphosa’s unity project and weaken the party further ahead of next year’s general election.
Concerned ANC members, including unsuccessful presidential candidate Mathews Phosa’s former campaign manager, Ronnie Malomane, submitted supplementary documents to the Mpumalanga Circuit Court of the Pretoria High Court last week on Friday in a bid to have the party’s Mpumalanga provincial executive committee (PEC) disbanded and a task team appointed.
The court postponed the case to December 13. If the court action succeeds, this could have far-reaching implications for Ramaphosa’s legitimacy as ANC leader. Delegates from Mpumalanga played a critical role in his election.
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