Zikalala was elected unopposed after former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni was prevented from contesting for the position.🗳️ Read more here⬇️
Some didn’t see Yengeni as a suitable candidatequotes a source as saying Msimang was asked to run for deputy president, instead of president, to prevent others from being elected into top positions within the ANC veterans’ league.
“This is one of the reasons veterans such as Mavuso Msimang were forced to accept nomination for the position of the deputy president of the league. He was initially lobbied for the presidency, to contest Zikalala and Yengeni, but he declined,” said the source.reports that some within the veterans’ league thought he wouldn’t be suitable for the role because of his previous conviction for corruption in 2003, related to the arms deal.
“Some viewed Yengeni as a person who was going to cause problems for them,” another source told the publication. A letter, signed by the ANC veterans league’s deputy co-ordinator Susan Shabangu, invited Yengeni to attend the conference as a “special guest” rather than a delegate.
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