The ANC's annual January 8 statement is the first big political event of the year for the governing party
As ANC supporters trickle into the Tafel-Lager Stadium in Kimberley in the Northern Cape on a hot Saturday morning, the lead-up to President Cyril Ramaphosa's third January 8 statement has so far been overshadowed by Eskom.
On Friday, the presidency first announced that Mabuza had resigned as chair of the state owned power utility, which has been described as the the single biggest risk to SA's ailing economy. National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union calling on Ramaphosa to axe public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan from his cabinet.
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