JUDITH FEBRUARY: Ramaphosa has tricky waters to navigate

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OPINION The President has some pretty tricky waters to navigate - both within his party and outside of it judith_february

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It’s hard to recount the past week in South African politics when the past day has so many headlines of its own.

In the Vrede dairy matter which seems to implicate ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and Mosebenzi Zwane, Mkhwebane failed to interview any victims of what is clearly corruption. Strange that. After the ConCourt judgment any lawyer with an ounce of pride in their work would have resigned forthwith. But that will not happen. She understands that the parliamentary process to remove a Public Protector is fraught and will easily show up the divisions within the ANC itself. She is politically embedded and her task is to create an environment in which Ramaphosa is distracted and demoralised by her endless investigations and ‘nonsensical’ findings.

The more realistic scenario is that the ANC would then sooner split.

Predictably, the ANC NEC ended like most others - in incoherence, factionalism and indecision. And without a clear-eyed focus on the things that matter. Deputy secretary-general Jesise Duarte made a few comments about Jabu Mabuza’s twin interim appointments to Eskom and the mandate of the SA Reserve Bank. Doubtless, more factionalism than fact of substance in either of her stated concerns. Allegations regarding spies, lies and informers have seen the ANC kick for touch as usual.

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