Luthuli House avoided disciplining Panyaza Lesufi over his anti-GNU stance, fearing potential defections to Zuma’s MK party.
Luthuli House let Gauteng ANC provincial chair Panyaza Lesufi off the hook because it is scared of losing him and the province to Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party if they disciplined him over his anti-GNU stance.
But Lesufi allegedly turned the tables and managed to convince the national office bearers of the dire risks of having the DA as a partner in Gauteng, where the ANC’s power was hanging by a thin thread at 34.76% against the DA’s 27.44% at the last election. Another insider said Lesufi had been emboldened by the fact that Gauteng had become a new kingmaker in the ANC elections and the NEC feared losing the province if it disciplined him.
“If he thinks he will run a campaign against the secretary-general of the ANC, he must mind his steps because we will act. We will never tolerate rogueness in the ANC.
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