Axing of eThekwini mayor ‘shows Ramaphosa is tightening his grip’
ANC redeploys all party members serving in the executive committees of two municipalities
13 August 2019 - 19:14
The axing of corruption-accused eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede indicates that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is strengthening his hand over the governing party, political analysts say.
Ramaphosa is facing an intensified fightback from the ANC faction aligned to former president Jacob Zuma and his key lieutenant, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, which is hellbent on fighting his reform agenda...
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