Magashule Says Only Courts Can Set Aside His Suspension of Ramaphosa

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• Suspended ANC SG Magashule insists he has the power to suspend Ramaphosa, and is asking the courts to not only set aside his own suspension, but to uphold the suspension of the president.
  • Says power given to him as SG, as well as the ANC's constitution, means he can unilaterally suspend party leaders
• Further factional divisions emerge in the ANC with the MK military veterans association refusing to disband as ordered by party leadership.
  • The MKMVA, which acted as a personal army to Jacob Zuma and has now rallied support behind Ace Magashule, is at odds with another military veteran group, the MK Council.
  • MKMVA has accused the ANC of being a dictatorship, and refuses to abide by the process of disbanding both groups and setting up a panel to form a new, united one.
  • It said that the ANC leadership is divided along factional lines
• Aviation economist says the R2bn allocated by govt for SAA's restart is insufficient and the R3bn working capital from Takatso will be repaid to the new SAA.
  • Notes SAA's debt burden must be cleared by Govt as it needs R14bn to repay debt, while Govt has provided R10bn.
  • Warns SAA has been brought to solvency, but is still far from becoming profitable
• Health Expert warns that with rapidly increasing covid cases and cold weather the third wave may be more severe than the first two
• ANC staff to embark on nationwide picket over non-payment of salaries. ANC has been struggling with liquidity issues after reports showed it owed SARS R80m in PAYE reductions & R140m in its provident fund.
  • SAMWU also warned of potential strike action f Govt rejects the latest offer of a 4% salary hike from the union