- Ramaphosa gets an NEC that is favourable to him.
- It’s highly likely the president will reshuffle his cabinet.
- NPA says Zuma cannot prosecute Ramaphosa.
With 70% of the new NEC in his corner, Ramaphosa no longer has excuse for inaction – Daily Maverick
Ramaphosa exits the national elective conference in much better shape than what he entered it after winning re-election and getting a majority of the Top 7 on his side as well. The latest boon for the president was the election of 57 out of 80 NEC members that are believed to be on his slate. Ramaphosa no longer has any excuses for inaction and must begin the work of cleaning up his government and pushing through the reforms he has been touting since day one on the job. Read more here.
Cabinet reshuffle imminent after more than a dozen ministers, deputies fail to make NEC cut – Times LIVE
After some senior cabinet members failed to make the new NEC, it looks certain that Ramaphosa will reshuffle his cabinet and axe those that did not make the cut. Among the big names on the chopping block include tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu, who fought a bitter campaign against Ramaphosa, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan, who declined to be nominated to the NEC, and deputy president David Mabuza, who did not make it back onto the NEC. Read more here.
Zuma does not have valid certificate to prosecute Ramaphosa, says NPA – News24
After former president Jacob Zuma tried an eleventh-hour trick to prevent Ramaphosa from running for re-election at the ANC national conference, the national prosecuting authority said the nolle prosequi certificate used by Zuma to build his ‘private prosecution’ does not apply. The NPA said the certificate concerned state advocate Billy Downer and did not mention Ramaphosa. Downer is prosecuting Zuma in an arms-deal-related case. Zuma accused Ramaphosa of “being [an] accessory after the fact to crimes committed by, among others, advocate [Billy] Downer” in alleged breaches of the NPA Act. Read more here.
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