But one of his opponents is party secretary-general Ace Magashule, who testily said yesterday that Ramaphosa was not the reason the party won the election.
A Cabinet cut is on the cards and it appears that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “new dawn” might now finally get off the ground, if his opponents within the ANC allow him to implement reforms at an executive level, which could lead to more efficient governance.
“The report will come before us but Cabinet will be cut from where it is now. The numbers will be informed by the reconfiguration. Details will be given later by the president, having discussed and processed it in the organisation.”“Of course, we are affected by the low voter turnout. We have done well as the ANC, we need to be proud of that. We have not been slaughtered, we have been given decisive victory by the people, which we asked for,” he said.
Mbalula said the ANC Nasrec outcome became a game changer for the party and the election of Ramaphosa was a bonus, as all surveys also said he was a saviour for the party. Magashule was of the opinion that Ramaphosa could not be afforded all the praise for the party’s success, and when asked if he agreed with this assertion, his response was: “He is not candidate premier, it’s not about [the] individual, it’s about [the] ANC.”“Him and Nasrec. It does not mean that we are saying that it is him that made the magic. But he became an important part because he increased the volumes of trust of our people to us because we were under heavy attack and battered.
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