It remains to be seen whether President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the 9th ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial conference in Durban at the weekend.
“He is not scared of going to KZN. He doesn’t regard KZN or any part of the country as a no-go area. ANC members are the same in KZN as any of the ANC members around the country.
“Therefore he will have no reason to behave any different with respect to KZN. The commitment and message of renewal and of unity in the ANC is a message that needs to be heard in KZN,” said a source close to the president.University of KwaZulu-Natal political analyst Dr Fikile Vilakazi said it was important for Ramaphosa to attend the conference because he is expecting to serve a second term.
“I also think it’s important to go because of the place the ANC is at in building towards the national conference. We know that the organisation is going through a leadership crisis, is in turmoil and the president himself has to demonstrate that the scandals around him are not something that are standing in his way.”“He has to go there, he doesn’t have a choice.
faction and it seems to be exerting authority in that province. Being booed or not being well received should be the least of his worries. “He seems to avoid KZN where he fears being booed or not being well received. As a president that is working towards a place that says I am ready to lead again, he needs to show that authority that he is the president of all the factions.”
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