South Africa: the ANC still gives itself some time to decide the fate of Cyril Ramaphosa

ANC executives leaving the emergency meeting on Friday, December 2, 2022 in Johannesburg.

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The South African president is still likely to resign following an unfavorable report by a commission of inquiry published this week, into his involvement in a case of concealment of money.

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With our correspondent in Johannesburg,

Every day of uncertainty is a day of gain for Cyril Ramaphosa.

His political family met urgently and in large numbers this Friday to discuss the Phala Phala case, named after his cattle farm where burglars discovered more than $500,000 in bills in 2020 and whose origin is suspicious. of these funds and the desire to hide this affair from the public question the investigators.

But the

, to allow the highest party officials to study the investigation report as a priority.

The rest will be invited again on Sunday to, perhaps, seal the fate of the president.

In a party like the ANC, the president is no longer entirely master of his destiny, he must rely on his comrades.

Ramaphosa consults his allies

Cyril Ramaphosa is reportedly still consulting his allies.

His most outspoken supporters consider that the investigation report is weak and written too much in the conditional to constitute a threat.

But elected on the promise of a new dawn, rid of corruption, the South African head of state received this report with seriousness,

If he does not withdraw on his own, his future will therefore depend on the number of his supporters within the ANC.

All this weekend, its executives will have to ask themselves this question: will the future of the party be better with or without Cyril Ramaphosa?

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