It’s about politics, positioning and power. And the step-aside rule is set to take centre stage as the policy proxy battle when the governing ANC meets for its policy conference, which begins on Friday.
The newly elected KwaZulu-Natal leadership didn’t mince its words at the weekend — the step-aside rule must go. Finish and. Limpopo, at its provincial general council on Monday, seemed softer, with recently re-elected ANC chairperson and Premier Stan Mathabatha talking review and refine, rather than scrap.
In 2017, the proxy fight was over expropriation without compensation which that year’s policy conference kicked into touch by referring both proposals, against and for, to branches for further discussion. At the December 2017 But the governing ANC is the master of proxy battles by policy. And in 2022 the step-aside rule goes to the heart of positioning, power and politics of a governing party that has seen its electoral support slide in the past four national and municipal elections.
For ex-health minister and ex-ANC treasurer Zweli Mkhize, scrapping the step-aside rule is a must to pursue his presidential ambitions come the ANC’s national elective conference in December as the Digital Vibes Covid-19 communications tender scandal remains over his head. With the RET grouping not producing a clear leader at this stage, the fracturing of ANC factional positioning is complicated. The important, often fudged, reality is that the Ramaphosa camp isn’t defined, or set. Depending on the issue and the comment, for example, even long-standing presidential allies like ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe are seen as in — or out.
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