Criminal claims won't stop Mchunu'’s ambition’

“Tt was the same tender that has since been terminated,” read a statement.

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Mchunu’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, said she had no knowledge of Mchunu wanting to be the president.

Mchunu did not respond to the questions sent to him via WhatsApp, and he also did not answer his phone.

Five regions in KwaZulu-Natal want Mchunu to succeed Ramaphosa, according to a senior ANC leader from Harry Gwala Region.

He said those regions were “Noku-hamba Nyawo (Jozini), Musa Dladla (Empangeni), Okhahlamba (Bergville), KwaDukuza (Stanger), and a few branches in Moses Mabhida (Pietermaritzburg).”

However, KwaZulu-Natal ANC spokesperson Fanle Sibisi said since the ANC had not yet opened the internal succession debate, branches have not deliberated.

“We have nothing to say or do about anything that has been said in the Ad Hoc Committee,” said Sibisi.

ANC national spokesperson Mahl-engi Bhengu-Motsiri said she, too, was unaware of Mchunu’s ambition.