Ace Magashule’s hopes rest on KZN bid to scrap ANC step-aside rule
The call by the ANC’s regional leaders in KwaZulu-Natal for the governing party to convene a special national conference to repeal parts of the ANC’s step-aside resolution, could be suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule’s way back in from the cold.
This is the opinion of political analyst Dr Dale McKinley, who weighed in on Magashule’s remarks about standing for nomination at the ANC’s upcoming national elective conference in December, if he is nominated by branches.
Speaking to the media on Friday, on the sidelines of his court appearance in Bloemfontein, Magashule said he would accept the nomination even though he was asked to step aside last year due to his corruption trial.
“When I’m nominated I can assure that I’m going to stand … whatever they nominate me for.
“Charged or not charged, I’m going to stand if nominated because I was elected by branches,” he said.
Speaking to the publication, McKinley said there was a real possibility that Magashule was pinning his hopes on the petition by the ANC’s Musa Dladla region.
The region wants the mother body to hold a special conference to deliberate on the step-aside resolution, before the ANC’s elective conference in December.
“I would certainly say that would be the last chance for the [radical economic transformation] RET faction and Ace Magashule because I don’t think he has another card up his sleeve,” McKinley said.
The ANC’s step-aside rule was adopted at the party’s 54th national conference in 2017, and it requires party members who are criminally charged to voluntarily step aside pending the conclusion of their cases.
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