Ramaphosa exit would be a major headache for the ANC

Party has no plan in place for replacement

- By Mawande AmaShabalala

Members of the ANC national executive committee have not been informed about President Cyril Ramaphosa's alleged plan to resign.

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The ANC does not know what to do, at least for now, if President Cyril Ramaphosa keeps to his reported plan to quit as head of state after the upcoming G20 summit to be hosted in South Africa.

This is according to certain ANC's top seven members that Sunday World spoke to following the Sunday Times' revelation last week that Ramaphosa is "in the departure lounge".

It appears that Ramaphosa has not discussed with his ANC colleagues his plan to leave, whom he is yet to meet since the revelation.

Ramaphosa is expected meet with his fellow national officials tomorrow, when they would ask him to take them into his confidence about reports that he wants to quit.

ANC top brass that we spoke to said there was no plan in place on how to act should he leave. This is because he had not informed them about his decision, so that they could understand what his thinking was.