All members of the ANC facing charges of graft will immediately step aside from the posts they hold in the state, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, as he vowed a concerted campaign against him would not derail his stated anti-corruption drive.
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Ramaphosa took the unusual step of personally addressing a media briefing on the outcome of a special meeting of the ruling party's national executive committee at the weekend, rather than leaving the task for secretary-general Ace Magashule. The party had agreed to all steps he proposed to arrest the phenomenon, he said, and that attacks on him would not stop the fight against corruption within its ranks and society as a whole.
"The NEC endorsed the contents of President Ramaphosa's letter to ANC members of August 23 as a clear articulation of the policies and position of the organisation and agreed to the implementation of the points of action contained therein.
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