{"id":9943,"date":"2021-05-08T19:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T19:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=9943"},"modified":"2021-05-08T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T17:14:07","slug":"ace-magashule-clears-air-on-his-removal-from-virtual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ace-magashule-clears-air-on-his-removal-from-virtual-meeting","title":{"rendered":"Ace Magashule clears air on his removal from virtual meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ntombi Nkosi<\/p>\n<p>Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has cleared the air on his removal from the National Executive Committee meeting on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is being held virtually by members of the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Magashule said from 8am he was part of the meeting with the ANC Women\u2019s League National Working Committee (NWC), then had a meeting with the Top 6 and then, at around 10am, he was part of a meeting discussing his appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meeting discussed my appeal. In that meeting various people discussed whether I should be part of the meeting or not, while others insisted that I be part of it because I have appealed. After the discussion, the chair, Gwede Mantashe, said they would make a decision another time; he then pressed the button. I was part of the meeting before,\u201d said Magashule.<\/p>\n<p>MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus said he heard that Magashule was removed from the virtual NEC meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident was unfortunate because the ANC should be inclusive and not to exclude people,\u201d said Niehaus.<\/p>\n<p>He said the NEC had acknowledged the appeal from Magashule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is strange that they acknowledged the appeal from the S-G, yet exclude him. One wonders the reason they chose to do a virtual and not a physical meeting. They chose virtual because it\u2019s easy to exclude the S-G,\u201d said Niehaus.<\/p>\n<p><b>IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Ntombi Nkosi Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has cleared the air on his removal from the National Executive Committee meeting on Saturday. The meeting is being held virtually by members of the ruling party. 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