South Africa: new meeting of the ANC around the damning report for Ramaphosa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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After being announced close to resigning, the South African president counterattacks.

Cyril Ramaphosa will challenge in court the report of the commission of inquiry which implicates him in the Phala Phala affair.

The president must now convince the ANC, which is meeting this Monday, December 5, of his ability to lead the country despite this affair.

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With our correspondent in Johannesburg

,

Romain Chanson

Who within the ANC supports Cyril Ramaphosa and is ready to defend him?

The president should know the extent of the troops who are still loyal to him on Monday after a meeting of ANC executives.

The Ministers of Transport, Energy, Justice and the Presidency

have already publicly shown

their support for the Head of State.

And the base of the ANC plebiscite his candidacy for a second term in the mid-December elections.

But what about the other cadres of the ANC and its rival factions?

Party support is needed ahead of Tuesday's debate in parliament, as a vote will be held on whether the investigative report, which finds the

head of state may have violated anti-corruption laws and the Constitution,

deserves to initiate impeachment proceedings, or not.

Back in the arena

In any case,

Ramaphosa is no longer resigning

and he intends to defend his seat.

His legal team will challenge the report's findings in the Constitutional Court.

And a sign that the head of state is regaining strength, he appeared smiling in front of the press on Sunday without making long comments.

A first since October 29.

Cyril Ramaphosa should also participate in the meeting held by his party on Monday.

A return to the arena after several days in difficulty for having ignored the burglary he suffered at his Phala Phala farm in 2020, during which at least $ 580,000, originally suspicious, had been stolen from him.

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