ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday denied knowing about former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole prior to the decision being taken by the department of correctional services.
Ramaphosa is aiming to encourage all eligible voters use this voter registration weekend to check, update and verify their status on the voters' roll and go out in their numbers to cast their votes on November 1.
The president of the ruling party, who was welcomed by Gauteng premier and ANC provincial chairperson David Makhura and regional elective committee member Jolidee Matongo, was referring to the ANC missing the deadline to register candidates in several municipalities across the country. The IEC has since reopened the candidate application process which has given the ruling party a desperately needed lifeline.
On how he was feeling ahead of the local government elections campaign, he said, “I am strong, very strong, rearing to go to get stuck into electioneering and campaigning. Our people are ready to vote for the ANC so that we can win municipality after municipality. That is our intention.”
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