Cyril hails Mabuyane on re-election as ANC chair

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As Mabuyane called Ramaphosa to the podium on Monday night, he emphasised that the president should be given a second term and quipped: “But you must leave after five years, we won’t entertain a third term.”

Ramaphosa’s address also emphasised the need for unity in the party. “With this decision that you’ve taken, I’d say if we came to this conference divided, all those differences must now melt away, the factions must now collapse. We must no longer have a Mabuyane or a Madikizela grouping,” Ramaphosa said.

Shortly after the results were announced yesterday, speculation grew that Madikizela, who is public works MEC, may be the first casualty of an anticipated reshuffle.Echoing Mabuyane’s political report presented on Saturday, Ramaphosa said: “We must also move to deal with the negative tendencies and practices that have crept into our movement over time. Ill discipline, factionalism and other tendencies continue to plague our movement.

Chairs of the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga both asked Ramaphosa to avail himself should the time come. One of the conference's biggest losers was Andile Lungisa, who was running for provincial treasurer. D

 

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