Paul Mashatile gets set to leave Gauteng after being named ANC treasurer-general
Mashatile was wooed by both factions in the run-up to the Nasrec conference, with some regarding him as a unifying force, but he was on the Ramaphosa slate as treasurer-general
Gauteng ANC chairman Paul Mashatile, now the party’s new treasurer-general, has led the ANC’s most progressive province since 2007.
Mashatile, who was up against International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane for the job, won 2,517 votes against her 2,178. Mashatile has been an activist in the province since his student days, and in 1983 he co-founded the Alexandra Youth Congress (AYCO) and was elected as its first president. He became active in the United Democratic Front, where he served as the assistant general secretary in the Southern Transvaal region. He was the UDF's general secretary from 1989 until the UDF was dissolved...
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