ANC NEC deploys Dr Gwen Ramokgopa to Secretary-General’s office

The African National Congress National Executive Committee has unanimously agreed to deploy NEC member, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa to the party’s Secretary-General’s Office.

This is in the absence of suspended Secretary-General, Ace Magashule and the Deputy, Jessie Duarte, who’s on sick leave.

Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile says Dr Ramokgopa will be the coordinator of preparations for the ANC’s upcoming 54^th National Elective Conference in December.

Senior reporter Samkele Maseko has been following the outcomes of the NEC meeting:

He says she will work with the office of the Treasurer-General to look at all the logistics needed for a national conference.

Mashatile was briefing the media at the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg, following an ordinary NEC meeting over the weekend.

More details of the NEC outcomes in the statements below: 

@MYANC statement of the National Executive Committee meeting held on the 25-27 March 2022. #ANCNEC pic.twitter.com/nzrswfZbrW

— African National Congress (@MYANC) March 28, 2022

@MYANC statement of the National Executive Committee meeting held on the 25-27 March 2022. #ANCNEC pic.twitter.com/9Jf4DQ4Czb

— African National Congress (@MYANC) March 28, 2022

Political analyst Professor Andre Duvenhage gives some insight into the NEC outcomes: