Race on for new chair

LIMPOPO ANC: PREMIER RAMATHUBA APPEARS TO BE FRONTRUNNER

- Alex Japho Matlala.

Intensive lobbying for the replacement of Limpopo ANC provincial chair Stanley Mathabatha is in full swing in Limpopo.

Political analysts claim the ground is fertile for the province to avoid the ANC's tradition of two centres of power.

Mathabatha has less than 18 months to leave the highest ANC office in the province at the end of his term.

The 67-year-old Sekhukhuneborn politician led the province for three consecutive terms. His position will be vacant after the 2026 municipal polls.

Now, 17 months before the elections, two powerful women, premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and ANC Women's League provincial chair Mamedupi Teffo, are being touted for the position of provincial chair and deputy provincial secretary, respectively.