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Tony Yengeni has apparently told Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
Antonio Muchave, Gallo Images, Sowetan, archive
- Tony Yengeni of the ANC has asked the president to lead by example and resign.
- At a virtual meeting of the national task force, Ramaphosa said those implicated in corruption should step aside.
- Yengeni told Ramaphosa that he is accused of buying votes at the Nasrec conference in 2017.
Tony Yengeni, a member of the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC), has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to follow his own advice and resign, the sources said.
Two sources, with knowledge of the party’s national working committee, said on Friday that Yengeni tried Ramaphosa, saying that he too should be removed as leader because he is accused of buying votes at the Nasrec conference.
A source said Yengeni was unhappy with Ramaphosa’s letter, in which he said the ANC is the number one defendant regarding corruption.
He is said to have argued that most ANC members are not involved in acts of corruption.
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But insiders say Ramaphosa responded, insisting that all those accused of corruption should be removed from party structures. They should not be allowed to represent the ANC in government.
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Ramaphosa told the meeting that society views the ANC as corrupt.
He, too, jokingly said that it would be a relief to his shoulders to give up.
It is said that he stayed on this topic when the larger NEC meeting began after 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
The president is said to have said at the meeting that civil society has raised concerns about corruption, particularly Covid-19 corruption.
