ANC Chair Dismisses Magashule's Attempts to Suspend Ramaphosa, Covid Cases Rise

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• Defiant ANC SG Magashule fires back at Ramaphosa after being delivered his suspension letter yesterday, saying he will not step aside, and instead, suspends president Ramaphosa in line with allegations of vote buying in his CR17 campaign.
  • Magashule also accused the ANC of enforcing Nasrec resolutions selectively and that Jessie Duarte had no authority to issue his suspension letter in the first place.
  • ANC Chair Mantashe dismissed Magashule's suspension comments RE Ramaphosa saying "they are of no consequence"
• SA sees a jump in covid cases to above 2,000 for the first time since 18 Feb 2021 with the rise led by Gauteng and the Free State.
  • Only 353,000 health workers have received their vaccination
• Load-shedding (rolling blackouts) risks escalate as winter approaches with Eskom production data showing it is already struggling to meet rising demand in the evenings.
  • Power shortfalls are occurring despite interrupted power supply to large customers, and the implementation of other contingencies.
  • The data shows that at peaks this week, almost all open cycle gas turbines were being used to supplement power.
  • Eskom managed to keep the lights on by dipping into reserves. While things remain tight, the outlook for the rest of the year shows improvement