ANC leadership crisis meeting ends after just 45 minutes

A special meeting of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress’ highest decision-making body has been adjourned, just 45 minutes after the meeting started.

President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t attend the meeting.

ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile said the officials decided that they want the report to be circulated to members of the party’s national working committee first, to allow the officials to read and process the report.

He said the executive committee will then meet before 6 December to discuss the report.

Mr Mashatile also said the ANC regards this as an urgent matter.

It was set to discuss a damning report against Mr Ramaphosa after it was found that he may have violated his constitutional duty as president of the country.

This is in relation to a burglary in which foreign currency was stolen from his private game farm back in 2020.

ANC Chairman Gwede Mantashe has said he believes it would be premature for Mr Ramaphosa to resign before the report is interrogated.

By BBC