Bongani Baloyi set to announce his next political move: Just weeks after his dramatic exit from ActionSA, former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi is on Thursday expected to announce his next political move — though it is unclear what this will be.
A contributing factor in the Baloyi-Mashaba tension, according to insiders, was a move to persuade Mashaba to refrain from casting party policies based on his personal beliefs.
“We try to engage him on his policy articulations and try to correct him and show that when he speaks on policy at this level, he’s no longer speaking as Mashaba but represents the party,” the insider said. “So it’s important that policy articulation is what the party agreed to ... and not what he believes. It’s not about his values or morals. W
e tried to show him that when he speaks he must stop using statements like ‘Over my dead body’, ‘I as Mashaba’ — now it’s about us, it’s about the party, it’s ‘we’.” At the time, ActionSA national chair Michael Beaumont dismissed as “ridiculous” the allegation that Baloyi was being axed because of a breakdown in his relationship with Mashaba.
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