South Africa: ANC's Disciplinary Committee Hammers Final Nail in Ace's Coffin With Guilty Verdict

31 May 2023
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
analysis By Nonkululeko Njilo

The ANC's National Disciplinary Committee has found former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule guilty of misconduct and he faces expulsion, a move seen as consolidating President Cyril Ramaphosa's political power.

Former ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has seven days to furnish the party's National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) with reasons not to expel him, a standard practice in the party's processes.

This relates to his unilateral decision, without the authority to do so, to write a letter attempting to suspend party president Cyril Ramaphosa in May 2021 and cause chaos, which was quickly nipped in the bud.

Incumbent Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday confirmed that the NDC had reached a final decision on Magashule's fate, following his disciplinary hearing on 23 May 2023, held on a virtual platform.

He was charged with two counts of misconduct for contravening rule 25 of the ANC constitution. One count relates to the letter in which he unilaterally suspended Ramaphosa, "and doing so without consulting and obtaining the necessary authority to do so from the officials, the NWC [National Working Committee] and the NEC [National Executive Committee] as required in terms of rule 25.6 read together with rule 25.7.0 of the ANC constitution thereby undermining the respect for or impending functions of any structure or committee of the ANC".

The second count relates to his failure to apologise to Ramaphosa, ANC structures and members within...

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