In recent months, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dominating faction in the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC), seemed to have had their boot on the RET throat, this after a slew of suspensions to big proponents in that particular faction.
Ramaphosa’s purge of the RET is believed to be his move to wrestle the soul of the ANC away from his opponents, and to also have his tight grip on the party ahead of the local government elections and beyond.
There is a sense in which consigning his opponents to the political doldrums is perceived as a move to facilitate his seemless re-election at the 2022 ANC conference.
