If the secretary-general of the ANC, the governing party’s de facto CEO, is to be believed, his get-together with Jacob Zuma was just one big coincidence. With pressure mounting on him to explain a meeting with the former president in Durban, Ace Magashule finally broke his silence on Tuesday. That was a full two days after the Sunday Times published a photograph of the clandestine gathering and reported that it was part of a plot to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has made reversing governance failings of the Zuma years a centrepiece of his leadership. If you are already a subscriber, please click on the following link below to go to the full article:  Ace Magashule: no plot to oust Ramaphosa If you would like to subscribe to BusinessLIVE Premium  to read the full story, please click here.

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