Ace and DD used us to take top 6 position – ANCWL
Johannesburg – Newly elected ANC deputy president David Mabuza and secretary-general Ace Magashule used presidential candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to advance their own campaigns, the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) said on Tuesday.
The ANCWL held a press briefing on the sidelines of the national conference to express its dissatisfaction with the outcome of the ANC top six.
Cyril Ramaphosa won the presidency against Dlamini-Zuma, however, three of the party's critical top six positions were taken by her camp.
ANCWL national spokesperson Toko Xasa as well as league president Bathabile Dlamini blamed patriarchy in the ANC for the outcome of the result. Xasa went on to accuse Magashule and Mabuza of using the ANCWL and Dlamini-Zuma to further their own ambitions for the top posts.
"They did not pull the candidate up. They used it (Dlamini-Zuma's campaign) as a ladder for themselves – that one we are not shy to say. They used that as a ladder for themselves. It's our demonstration to you to say this is how patriarchy is rearing its ugly head."