The battle for the ANC Women's League presidency heats up as Sisisi Tolashe challenges Bathabile Dlamini for the position. The upcoming election will shake up the party's leadership and has already sparked debate and speculation within political circles.
members vying for top positions have kicked off their campaigns, with those aligned to party president Cyril Ramaphosa expected to receive endorsements from provincial task teams.
Should Dlamini stand, she will go up against another league heavyweight, Sisisi Tolashe, who is a Ramaphosa ally. Mashatile became acting secretary general after the death of Jessie Duarte, but some in the party believed Mashatile was using the office for his presidential ambitions. Other insiders felt that Ramokgopa needed reinforcement in the office, but this plan did not materialise.
She was cleared by parliament’s ethics committee of any wrongdoing with regard to the controversial nuclear deal following the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture. She lost to Nomvula Mokonyane by a small margin, and was instead elected to the national working committee. Sisi Ntombela is likely to go up against Joemat-Pettersson in Dlamini’s slate, with Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe in the slate for the position of secretary general.
Kekana, now deputy minister in the presidency, has been touted for the position of the league’s secretary general.
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