The RET faction of the ANC hopes that the hoopla they can generate around PhalaPhala will lead expedient opposition politicians and we the public to do their dirty work for them and hoist Ramaphosa with his own petard, writes LindiMazibuko.
The plan is as dangerous as it is ambitious, given what we know about the president’s most proximate successorsThere is little in politics more unseemly than a party in the throes of internal contestation for power.
In SA, this is intensified by proportional representation, in in which our leaders are selected not by voters but by delegates at party conferences months before the general election. ..A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.
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