Candidates for the Free State and Mpumalanga premiership are both women
The ANC’s newly announced candidates for the premiership in the Free State and in Mpumalanga have conceded that it will not be easy for them when they take up their positions — considering they are women. On Wednesday, the party announced new candidates in the two provinces. They would replace Ace Magashule (Free State) and David Mabuza (Limpopo), who were elected as secretary-general and deputy president, respectively, at the December ANC conference. Magushule announced the two candidates‚ Sisi Ntombela and Refilwe Mtshweni‚ at a post-National Working Committee (NWC) meeting media briefing at the ANC headquarters‚ Luthuli House. Making their first media address after the announcement‚ the two thanked the party for trusting in female leadership to potentially command the two provinces. Ntombela said: "I would like to thank the organisation for making sure that I am one of the Thuma mina ["send me"] to lead the Free State. I know that it is not going to be easy, just because I am a w...
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