ANC NEC affirms support for Zuma, rejected secret ballot proposal
29 November 2016
Johannesburg - The national executive committee of the ANC did not support calls for the president to step down says the party following a marathon NEC meeting in Pretoria over the weekend.
"We affirm him as the president of the party and the country," ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe told journalists during a media briefing on the outcomes of the NEC.
This was the party's final scheduled gathering for 2016.
It is understood a motion of no confidence was placed on the table by Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom on Saturday.