POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: No deadline changes for ANC nominations
ANC presidential race is expected to intensify this week
The ANC presidential race is expected to intensify this week as the party’s branches finalise nominations ahead of deadlines set for the end of the week. The issue was also likely to be one of the key agenda items that occupied leaders of the ANC at the party’s special national executive committee meeting that took place from the weekend to Monday. The party’s secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, warned branches at the weekend that the deadline would not be extended, even though little more than 60% had completed their nomination processes last week. ANC veterans were set to hold a consultative conference on Friday, in the absence of the party’s leadership, to discuss various issues including challenges faced by the party. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will answer questions in the National Assembly on Thursday on a number of issues including the most recent Cabinet reshuffle. He will also face a grilling on how the country should deal with state capture in the absence of a judicial...
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