ANC PRESIDENCY
Succession up for debate by SACP, says Solly Mapaila
The SACP ‘to discuss the principle’ of Cyril Ramaphosa becoming the next ANC president
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is set to ignore its ally’s call not to discuss the succession issue in the ANC at its three-day central committee meeting that starts on Wednesday. The meeting will discuss Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ascent to the presidency — an indication that the party has turned its back on President Jacob Zuma, who is punting former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the top job. Another alliance partner, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), has already publicly endorsed Ramaphosa, a former union leader, to take over as leader of the ANC. Neither Cosatu nor the SACP vote in ANC elective congresses, but cumulatively they wield a lot of power as many of their members are also ANC members. Both organisations played a key role in orchestrating Zuma’s rise to the ANC presidency.
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