Gordhan in the firing line as Zuma calls top ANC leaders to meeting
President Jacob Zuma summons ANC officials at short notice to a meeting at his presidential home in Pretoria on Thursday evening
President Jacob Zuma has summoned the other five top leaders of the ANC at short notice to a meeting in Pretoria on Thursday evening. TimesLive has reliably learnt that ANC officials were given a message to meet the president at 6.30pm at his presidential home‚ Mahlambandlovu. The president’s office were tasked with communicating the message late on Thursday afternoon and the officials were made to go to Pretoria at short notice. The top six is made up of Zuma‚ Cyril Ramaphosa‚ Baleka Mbete‚ Gwede Mantashe‚ Jessie Duarte and Zweli Mkhize. This meeting comes three days after Zuma told the ANC top six meeting that he wanted to remove Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas. Only in exceptional circumstances does Zuma summon the ANC top leaders — when an issue cannot wait until their scheduled Monday meetings. On Monday‚ Zuma cited an intelligence report which seeks to implicate Gordhan in trying to overthrow the state as a reason to remove him. The president indic...
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