Mantashe has every right to back Ramaphosa for president - Mthembu
26 September 2017
Cape Town - African National Congress chief whip Jackson Mthembu has defended secretary general Gwede Mantashe's right to pronounce on his preferred candidate for the party's next president.
Mantashe nailed his colours to the mast this weekend while speaking at two events in Limpopo, which was also simultaneously tweeted.
"If President Zuma recists [sic] to handover [sic] to Deputy President Ramaphosa, there will be a crises [sic]. If that happens, there will be a crises [sic]," Mantashe said at a church event on Sunday."If we elect #Ramaphosa to be a President, let us have a woman Deputy President. That will be smooth. That is my personal advice #HeritageDay."
He said the ANC "will never elect a woman President", but rather elect an ANC president, whether they are male or female.