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By Staff reporter 
57m ago
Johannesburg – ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule has survived to fight another day.
President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the national executive committee meeting with a report of the Top Six deliberations earlier tonight.
According to sources, Ramaphosa said in his report to the NEC that Magashule will seek the advice of former presidents Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma on the issue of resignation. There will also be a 30-day consultation process on the same issue with the party branches.
The sources also said that Ramaphosa’s report of the Top Six meeting was not well received by some of the president’s allies, who were determined to put the adoption of the revocation resolution to a vote.
The Top Six meeting took place shortly before the resumption of the NEC meeting that began on Friday.
According to sources, Magashule told the Ramaphosa party and other officials that he was willing to call a press conference with the ANC branches to explain the consequences of the revocation resolution, that he feared a vote on the revocation resolution and that it will only be dismissed by the party branches in a special election.
Threats of a mass mobilization by the various party structures against the NEC also played a critical role in convincing Ramaphosa and his allies to back down from their insistence that the step-by-step resolution should be put to a vote, the officials said. sources.
Sources told Independent Media that Magashule was endorsed by Vice President David Mabuza at the heated meeting, who ultimately agreed to put the step aside in the interest of rebuilding party unity and reconciliation on hold.
This is a developing story.
Political Bureau
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