As the ANC heads into its December elective conference, Gwede Mantashe is at risk of not getting a position in the ANC’s top six, for the first time since 2007. This may reverberate across the whole of South Africa, not least for our future energy policy.
The difficult situation that Gwede Mantashe appears to find himself in is due to a combination of factors, including the changing ANC and the sheer unpopularity of the role he plays as minister of mineral resources and energy, and coal’s chief cheerleader. At the same time, it seems obvious that the ANC also misses his abilities and experience in the position of secretary-general.
That said, for Mantashe to find himself in this position after all these years is surprising, especially considering the senior authority he once held in the movement.. It was clear then, as it is now, that he had played a key role, probablykey role, in keeping the ANC together from the end of the Polokwane conference to the beginning of the 2017 Nasrec conference.
The first was a strange incident, which came as a complete shock to many who had reported on Mantashe over the years.newspaper alleged that Mantashe had claimed to have paid money to two of its journalists to not publish a story. The paper had found evidence that he had been having extramarital relations with a young woman . He then claimed to have paid the paper’s journalists to not run the story.Sunday WorldThis appeared to be a case of a politician behaving badly and then lying about it.
Again, considering that Mantashe had never been accused of taking money directly through corruption, this came as a surprise to many.the findings of the commission.
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