{"id":9766,"date":"2021-05-06T17:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=9766"},"modified":"2021-05-06T17:26:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:26:48","slug":"defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","title":{"rendered":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party president Cyril Ramaphosa and that he would appeal his \u201cfatally flawed\u201d suspension.<\/p>\n

A defiant Magashule, who was this week suspended for failing to step aside, described his suspension from party activities as \u201cfatally flawed\u201d, while questioning his deputy\u2019s authority to issue him with the letter.<\/p>\n

As part of his suspension, Magashule has been barred from addressing public rallies or handling party-related matters while serving his suspension and facing criminal charges in a court of law.<\/p>\n

He was served with a letter on Wednesday following a national working committee (NWC) meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n

Magashule issued his statement in his capacity as the secretary general of the ANC through a Gmail account, said deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte had no authority to issue him with a suspension letter.<\/p>\n

He also claimed he was using his powers as secretary general to \u201csummarily\u201d suspend Ramaphosa \u201cin full compliance with the relevant conference resolutions\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is done in terms of Resolution 8.2 of the 54th National Conference, which states that, “… Every cadre accused of, or reported to be involved in, corrupt practices accounts to the Integrity Committee immediately, or faces DC processes….,and Resolution 8.3 that further provides for the suspension of, “… people who fail to give an acceptable explanation, or to voluntarily step down while they face disciplinary, investigative or prosecutorial procedures”.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call on all members of the ANC to act with revolutionary dignity and respect, and to uphold the ANC Constitution. None of us should bow to illegal and unconstitutional actions. In doing so we must protect the unity of the ANC as leader of society,\u201d said Magashule.<\/p>\n

In challenging his suspension letter, which was signed by Duarte, he said: \u201cIt is evident that the deputy secretary general does not have the authority to issue such letters. Thus the letter is fatally flawed, and in fact unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore these letters are based on a selective and factional interpretation of the relevant resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI herewith announce that I am immediately, and formally, appealing this unconstitutional suspension. In terms of the ANC Constitution, my suspension is thus wholly suspended, until my appeal has been heard, and it’s final outcome announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the sake of fairness and justice to all the affected comrades, who have received similarly unconstitutional letters, I as Secretary General – who is duty bound to uphold the ANC Constitution and all administrative processes – urge them to also follow the appropriate internal appeal processes,\u201d Magashule claimed.<\/p>\n

Other party members who have been suspended include former North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo, who is understood to be a close ally of Magashule. ANC KZN deputy chairperson Mike Mabuyakhulu has also stepped aside.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duarte refused to comment when contacted by IOL on Wednesday night, diverting queries to ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mabe said the \u201cANC notes the letter written by the Secretary General Comrade Ace Magashule to the President of the ANC Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decisions of the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee stand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEC will be meeting over the weekend and will accordingly respond to the Secretary General.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ANC requests that the Secretary General respect the decisions of the NEC and subject himself to the discipline of the organization\u201d, said Mabe.<\/p>\n

IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Johannesburg – Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party president Cyril Ramaphosa and that he would appeal his \u201cfatally flawed\u201d suspension. A defiant Magashule, who was this week suspended for failing to step aside, described his suspension from party activities as \u201cfatally flawed\u201d, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-9766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nDefiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\"},\"wordCount\":566,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\",\"name\":\"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":404,\"caption\":\"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president - South Africa","description":"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president","og_description":"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":404,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president","datePublished":"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president"},"wordCount":566,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president","name":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-06T17:43:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Johannesburg - Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has hit back, claiming that he has suspended party presiden ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/05\/img-609426bf63dcd.jpg","width":720,"height":404,"caption":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/defiant-ace-magashule-suspends-ramaphosa-as-anc-president#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Defiant Ace Magashule suspends Ramaphosa as ANC president"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}