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The Secretary General of the ANC, Ace Magashule.
- ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule was campaigning for the party in the informal settlement of Ramaphosa during the by-elections, even when facing corruption charges.
- Magashule insisted that there was no crisis in the ruling party and that it dealt with its problems legally and politically.
- Magashule also spoke of comments made by DA leader John Steenhuisen.
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule has denied that there is any crisis in the ruling party sparked by his refusal to withdraw after being accused of corruption last month.
Magashule took a walk in the informal Ramaphosa settlement in Ekurhuleni District 42, where by-elections were held on Wednesday. He was flanked by the mayor of Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina.
“The ANC is not in crisis,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the walk. “We had a wonderful meeting in which we all extended our opinions and in the end the group reached conclusions, and that’s how we worked.”
This in reference to the party’s three-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on the Zoom platform, where Magashule agreed to appear in front of the integrity commission over the weekend.
The ANC’s NEC affirmed a suggestion by Magashule that he would appear before the body of elders led by ANC veteran George Mashamba after he was indicted on 21 counts of corruption, fraud and money laundering related to an allegedly asbestos tender. corrupt in the Free State.
Legally
Magashule said the ANC not only dealt with problems legally, but also dealt with them politically.
“The ANC has its own processes and I think that at the NEC we call on all leaders to deal with matters internally, so it would not be in order for me to try to deal with this matter outside the ANC structures.” .
Magashule added that the integrity commission was part of this internal process, and he immediately reached out to them once he was charged with appearing in court last month.
He said those hoping for “a big announcement” would be disappointed, and he lashed out at DA leader John Steenhuisen, who said that Magashule’s “slap on the wrist” by the ANC was a “slap” from South Africans.
“Steenhuisen cannot tell the ANC what to do, and it should be aware of this,” Magashule added.
