ANC Gauteng chairman Paul Mashatile The ANC in Gauteng has resolved that President Jacob Zuma should resign as party and state president‚ according to highly-placed insiders.TMG Digital understands that at an extended provincial executive (PEC) meeting held on Monday evening‚ the province decided that Zuma was no longer fit to lead the party.Gauteng is the first province to defy a decision by the ANC national executive committee (NEC) to support the president.“ANC Gauteng‚ through its extended PEC meeting‚ resolved that the ANC and state president must resign‚” a source close to the meeting said.READ THE GAUTENG ANC'S FULL STATEMENT HEREALSO READ THIS: TWO WAYS THE ANC CAN GET RID OF ZUMA | RAY HARTLEYThe insider said the resolution was reached through consensus in the early hours of Tuesday.The Gauteng ANC’s decision to push for Zuma’s axing follows a number of branches in Johannesburg that have written to ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe calling for Zuma's resignation followin...
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