Those stealing from the people must be removed and disciplined, says Ramphosa
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is angry with deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa after he deviated from its campaign programme for a by-election in Nquthu in the north of the province to address a "factional" meeting in Newcastle. Ramaphosa was on a two-day door-to-door campaign in the dissolved municipality of Nquthu this weekend to drum up support for the ANC ahead of the May 24 by-elections. However‚ he stunned some members of the ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) when he flew to the eMalahleni region some 200km away in Newcastle to address party "rebels‚" among them former KZN chairman Senzo Mchunu and former MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu. Mchunu and Mabuyakhulu are seen as being among ANC KZN figures opposed to President Jacob Zuma and his preferred successor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Provincial ANC spokesman and PEC member Mdumiseni Ntuli said they were disappointed with Ramaphosa. "It was a clearly a gathering of the faction. We did not know about the event and the ANC was never invited‚"...
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