NEC saw an ‘orchestrated’ attempt to oust Ramaphosa, but ANC rallied behind him when it counted
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Zuma’s letter had followed one by former ANCYL leader Andile Lungisa, who called on Ramaphosa to be hauled before the party’s integrity commission to answer questions about his Nasrec conference CR17 campaign funding. One of Ramaphosa’s strong backers is ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who stated categorically at the Monday briefing that the ANC could only have one president at a time, a clear rejection of Zuma’s letter.“Comrade Tony [Yengeni] asking the president to resign was actually a media story than a report of the NWC [national working committee] to the NEC of the ANC,” said Mantashe.
It was for this reason that Zuma’s actions became suspicious from the onset, leading to the ANC defending Ramaphosa.
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