SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: Mantashe ties himself in knots over ‘cadre deployment’
The ANC apparently has a ‘cadre policy’ and a ‘deployment policy’, and they’re not the same thing. If you’re understandably confused by that, it seems the party is too
ANC chair and mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe is probably just a bit acid with party secretary-general Ace Magashule. It was, after all, Magashule who was supposed to be in the hot seat at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture this week, answering questions on behalf of the ruling party.
But then, Magashule’s plate may be on the full side, as the clock runs down on his political ambitions. At last count (https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/to-step-down-or-not-to-step-down-ace-magashule-to-visit-nkandla-to-ask-jacob-zuma-for-advice-20210415) he was reportedly headed for Nkandla to seek the wisdom of the sage Jacob Zuma – the master of the protracted battle...
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