On Saturday Mashatile backtracked, telling journalists the party would hear from the presidency if Ramaphosa would be free to attend the event - this at odds with his confident response the previous day - claiming that Ramaphosa was indeed set to arrive and address the conference.
DURBAN - In spite of assurances from ANC treasurer general Paul Mashatile that party president Cyril Ramaphosa would indeed arrive in KwaZulu Natal and close off its ninth provincial conference, it remains to be seen whether indeed he will be able to attend the event and deliver his message to delegates.
The province did not support his bid, it also emerged as the Nasrec conference’s biggest loser, failing to feature anywhere amongst the top officials, while some ANC members in KZN have taken an affront to the party on Ramaphosa’s watch over what they’ve defined as the “ill-treatment” of former president Jacob Zuma.
“What they were singing today was not directed at anyone but they want you as the leadership to note their concerns… The song Wenzeni u’Zuma has a history and therefore when delegates see leadership it's an opportunity for them to say leadership take note of our pain, our complaints,” Mashatile told journalists on Friday, following the first open session of the conference.
As some make plans of registering their dissatisfaction with Ramaphosa, Eyewitness News understands discussions over whether he should or should not attend the event have been discussed at length, with some national executive committee members saying they have advised the president against attending the event.There have also been suggestions that Ramaphosa’s security be beefed up, this despite previous threats of making the province a no-go zone for the politician failing to materialise.
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