Another puzzle for Ramaphosa is how the current Deputy President David “DD” Mabuza will agree to step down or be replaced. Mabuza did, however, decline a nomination from the floor at the ANC national elective conference, potentially indicating that he was ready to make a move in politics.<\/p>\n

Voting and related issues occupied a large portion of the five-day ANC elective conference, from a confusing delegate registration process that delayed the start, to voting, including eleventh-hour backroom wheeling and dealing.<\/p>\n

This is evidenced by the razor-thin margins in several of the official elections and some somewhat peculiar voting patterns that saw two candidates associated with the Ramaphosa camp divide the vote for deputy presidency, secretary-general, and national chairperson.<\/p>\n

NEC challenges<\/h3>\n

The majority of the 80-member ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) candidates are not supportive of Ramaphosa, therefore the balance of power in the highest decision-making organization between conferences may prevent Ramaphosa from acting as he would want.<\/p>\n

The clamor, rivalry, and, yes, division are expected to persist. not just in the ANC, but also in the institutions of government it holds sway over.<\/p>\n

Some of it appeared to come to light on Monday when word spread through the grapevine that the Economic Transformation Commission had decided to transfer the struggling Eskom, which has been plagued by nearly constant rolling power outages, to the Department of Mineral Resources.<\/p>\n

Mantashe, who has been fighting for Ramaphosa for the previous three weeks, is in charge of that. Through a series of agreements, the President was able to stay in office and ultimately win reelection as the party’s leader for a second term.<\/p>\n

The findings were still up for adoption in plenary on Sunday night even though the policy debate commissions had finished their work. On Tuesday, when the ANC announced that the conference would end, the resolutions are anticipated to be released.<\/p>\n

The outdated is giving way to the modern. What remains to be determined, though, is how much has actually changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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