Defiant Mahumapelo draws the battle lines and accuses Ramaphosa supporters of being on a witchhunt
North West premier and ANC chairperson Supra Mahumapelo is going nowhere and will instead seek to "clean up" the province of those seeking to divide the ANC.
"I am relaxed," is what Mahumapelo told supporters several times outside the Embassy Hall in Mahikeng, North West on Wednesday.
He told those calling for him to not resign that he would remain at the helm of the province, but did not hesitate to hit out at his detractors in the North West and the governing party.
"It is not the ANC that causes us difficulties. It is individuals that are in the ANC," said Mahumapelo to loud cheers.
He explained that the challenges and difficulties he had experienced recently were because he was trying to turn the economy of the province around and to address corruption.