Former ANC presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are missing in action at the ongoing NEC meeting of the party convened at Nasrec conference centre in the South of Johannesburg.
11 November 2022 - 17:04Jacob Zuma, above, and Thabo Mbeki are nowhere to be seen at the ANC's national executive committee meeting at Nasrec on Friday.Former ANC presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are missing in action at the party's ongoing national executive committee meeting at Nasrec conference centre in the south of Johannesburg.
They recently argued that Ramaphosa owed the ANC a detailed explanation about the Phala Phala saga. Gwede Mantashe, the ANC chair, has publicly called on them to attend the meeting to voice their dissatisfaction.On Saturday, the ANC integrity commission is expected to finally present a report into the scandal that has heightened tensions in the already divided party.party into disrepute.
The draft report, titled “Progress report on the Phala Phala matter”, says the body of elders could not get Ramaphosa to reveal details of what transpired at his Limpopo farm in February 2020, and that measures were put in place to keep the theft a secret through clandestine operations involving the police and intelligence networks.
Mantashe and Makwetla were named in the report for allegedly unduly receiving security upgrades at their private homes from Bosasa, a company that was awarded billions in contracts from the correctional services department.
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