When he became secretary-general of the ANC after a bruising factional battle to elect the party’s leadership in 2017, political analysts predicted that President Cyril Ramaphosa was going to have a hard time making good on many of his campaign promises.
Ace Magashule carried a lot of clout in the ANC and his alliance with former president Jacob Zuma made him a direct opponent to the party’s new president.
For some three years the two men have gone up against each other in battles big and small. But it was only in recent weeks that things really came to a head with Magashule being suspended – and trying to suspend Ramaphosa in turn.
We take a closer look at the most significant political fight since the ANC elected Ramaphosa president over Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
WHY MAGASHULE WAS SUSPENDED Late last year the secretary-general (SG) was arrested on corruption charges related to kickbacks he allegedly got from a R250-million asbestos eradication tender awarded in the Free State during his nine-year stint as premier of the province, which ended in 2018. He’s currently out on R200 000 bail and is expected to appear in the high court in Bloemfontein in August with 15 co-accused to face more than 70 charges including fraud, theft and money laundering.
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