Call for female presidency nothing but a ‘campaign slogan’, says Mantashe
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe dismissed as nothing but a campaign slogan the call for a woman as party president. "The terminology that it must a woman president is a manufacturing of terms that feeds campaigning, Mantashe told the Foreign Correspondents’ Association (FCA) on Wednesday. "We don’t have anything called a woman president in the ANC or a male president‚ okay? We look for the president of the ANC — male or female — because if we elect a female‚ that female will not be a female president but will be the president of the ANC," he said. "It’s as simple as that." Mantashe said: "We need a president of the ANC; male or female." Elements in the ANC’s youth and women’s leagues, and its Free State branch have voiced support for former AU Commission Chairman Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead the 105-year-old organisation. Dlamini-Zuma, who has also been endorsed by President Jacob Zuma‚ is expected to go head-to-head with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Mantashe also str...
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