The governing party’s secretary-general, Ace Magashule, ran out of runway when the ANC’s National Working Committee decided on Monday, 3 May, that party members who face criminal charges had to step aside.
They argued that many other NEC members, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, national chairperson and Cabinet member Gwede Mantashe, treasurer-general Paul Mashatile and other members of the NEC also had allegations of corruption and poor governance hanging over them.national conference at Nasrec, applied to any reports of corruption or actions that brought the ANC into disrepute. Since then, it has been amended to apply only to cadres who face criminal or serious civil charges.
Out of 86 NEC members at the March meeting, fewer than 20 supported Magashule’s position, a member toldThe ANC has refined the step-aside guidelines to four pages from the lengthy and complex document drawn up by party elder Mathews Phosa and other lawyers and leaders. A member who steps aside may not occupy any executive office, any legislative office or represent the organisation publicly or in any other forum, including speaking in the legislative body that s/he belongs to, other than being a member.
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