ANC prepares to whip anti-Ramaphosa mayor into line
The ANC will 'institute disciplinary processes against the instigators of disunity within the organisation' after a Free State mayor called Cyril Ramaphosa a 'sellout'.
Dihlabeng mayor Lindiwe Kambule Makhalema. Picture: Facebook
The ANC have released their official response to the ANC mayor who labelled President Cyril Ramaphosa a sellout.
Screenshots emerged on Monday of a combative and unapologetic ANC mayor in Dihlabeng Local Municipality in the eastern Free State making the statement and then defending it on Facebook.
The full exchange is below.
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Mayor Lindiwe Kambule Makhalema was responding to a question posed by a fellow party member in a group that only allows Facebook users who have been verified as loyal ANC members through a vetting process.
To join the closed Facebook group, ‘Loyal ANC Members’, you have to, among other things, provide your ANC membership number and the contact number of your branch chairperson as a reference. The group currently has about 80 000 members.
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Dihlabeng mayor Lindiwe Kambule Makhalema. Picture: Facebook
