“Cyril Ramaphosa is our president and we must not apologise when he is under attack when we defend him.”
This is according to the head of elections at the African National Congress (ANC) Fikile Mbalula.
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Speaking during the party’s Letsema campaign in Kimberly on Saturday, Mbalula said when people attack Ramaphosa as leader of the ANC, they are destroying the party.
“We defended Nelson Mandela, we defended Thabo Mbeki, we defended Jacob Zuma and we will defend Matamela as our president and if you branches say he must continue, there is nothing wrong because all of them got their second terms.
“We know our problem and our problem was Covid and Matamela led this Government in defence of our people when they were under attack from Covid…Matamela is leading the charge in building this economy and he is not working alone but with a collective,” said Mbalula.
Ramaphosa has been under tremendous pressure in recent times with some calling for his removal over the robbery incident which happened at his Phala Phala farm in 2020.
