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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>EXPELLED Ace Magashule has revealed that he can survive and thrive outside the ANC as opposed to the popular view that it is cold outside of the ruling party.<\/p>\n

In a short interview with Sunday Independent, the former ANC secretary-general said he was yet to take a final decision about his next political move after the ANC national executive committee fired him from the party on June 12 for bringing it into disrepute.<\/p>\n

Even before his expulsion from the party he joined at a tender age, he held discussions with EFF and former Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus to determine his political future.<\/p>\n

While many ANC activists usually tell those who leave the party that \u201cit is cold outside the ANC\u201d, Magashule said: \u201cFor me, it is very hot. It is summer, and I am about the harvest (politically).\u201d<\/p>\n

He ruled out the possibility of joining the African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (Areta), the party recently formed by Niehaus, soon after being fired from the party.<\/p>\n

ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu denied that Magashule\u2019s departure might cost the ANC in the next year\u2019s elections as he was just a member and not above the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are busy re-stabilising our structures in the Free State Province, and we are confident of the work that has been done under the current leadership led by comrade Mxolisi Dukwana (provincial chairperson).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really don\u2019t have a reason to think that we are going to be bleeding in any way as a result of the NDC finding Ace Magashule guilty, and they gave him an opportunity to make representations as to why he should not be expelled, the opportunity he did not take advantage of,\u201d said Bhengu.<\/p>\n

When asked why he did not make representations, Magashule said he had no intention of defending his party members because \u201cthere is no ANC\u201d.<\/p>\n

While many were anxiously waiting for him to announce his move, when approached, Magashule pleaded for \u201cproper\u201d advice on whether or not he should join the EFF.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you think I should do? \u201cI want you to advise me. What should I do?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former Free State premier said he has a common struggle history with EFF leader Julius Malema, the former ANC Youth League president, who was also fired from the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are lots of common things we shared, dating back from the times of the Struggle. We also want radical economic transformation (RET). We want the economy in the hands of black people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to nationalise the Reserve Bank. We share the same constituency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Malema told the TimesLIVE recently that the EFF held discussions with Magashule as the red berets needed everyone to add numbers for its campaign to unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

Magashule distanced himself from scores of people who were seen burning loads of ANC regalia in his hometown of Tumahole in Parys on June 16 in reaction to his expulsion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether they are fighting for me being fired or for other things. I really don\u2019t know because I was not there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the party was not concerned about the burning of its regalia as people who did it were mobilised \u201cin the name of an individual (Magashule)\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat individual has a right. If he loves this organisation, to stand up for his own membership and defend it, he has not done that.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, he is going around mobilising, forming political formations, and talking to leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a leader (who is) tried and tested be confused about his standing in the party,\u201d Mbalula told the media in Durban.<\/p>\n

Fistos Mafela, an ANC branch chairperson in Limpopo, condemned the party for firing Magashule ahead of the next year\u2019s general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we are busy campaigning for the elections, so that’s why I don\u2019t understand why they take such a decision,\u201d said Mafela.<\/p>\n

ANC member in Mangaung Mduduzi Nkambule fears that the party might lose support in the Free State should Magashule join the EFF.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will make him a premier in the Free State, and that will kill the ANC, and it will never come back in this province,\u201d said Nkambule.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Kim Heller said if Magashule does join the EFF, he is likely to be followed by disgruntled ANC members, especially the RET faction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith voters increasingly unhappy with the lack of performance and false promises of the ruling party, they are looking for alternatives. If Ace does join EFF, it would provide a booster to EFF\u2019s support in the province,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Professor Sipho Seepe said some members might refrain from campaigning for the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision is a vengeful act aimed at purging dissenting voices within the party,\u201d said Seepe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an EFF MP said there was an expectation that Magashule would call a press conference this week to announce his decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the fact that he was a secretary-general, he would boost support for any party he decides to join,\u201d said the MP.<\/p>\n

Another EFF leader said if Magashule decides to join, he would have to go through a process of transforming his mindset from the one he had while he was with the ANC.<\/p>\n

\u201cANC and EFF are two different organisations. Therefore, anyone who joins us from the ANC would have to be work-shopped about what the EFF is all about,\u201d said the leader.<\/p>\n

When approached for comment, EFF spokesperson Sinawo Tambo said the party was \u201cnot in a journey to hunt African leaders to their graves\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Tambo promised to update the public on future developments.<\/p>\n

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