Lungani Zungu
Ekhuluma okokuqala ngqa selokhu ayisa enkantolo impi yakhe yokusinda kwezepolitiki, uNobhala-Jikelele we-ANC omisiwe u-Ace Magashule uthi uzophendulelwa inkantolo.
Kodwa kubonakala sengathi isikhathi salokho sesidlulile.
Abangaphakathi eqenjini bathi izitha zangaphakathi zikaMagashule zihlela ukubiza ukuxoshwa kwakhe ngokuyisa iqembu enkantolo.
“Ukumiswa kwami kuyindlela yamabomu yokuvimba ukuthi ngingabambi iqhaza engqungqutheleni yokukhetha ubuholi be-ANC ngonyaka ozayo,” kusho uMagashule.
Ulwela ukuthi ukumiswa kwakhe ngokuholelwa ngokugcwele kuguqulwe. UMagashule uzomelwa ngu-Advocate uDali Mpofu kanti lolu daba luzolalelwa mhlaka zi-1 kuNhlangulana.
“Abanye abantu benza imikhonyovu futhi bashintsha izinqubomgomo kanye nezinqumo zeqembu njengoba siqhubeka. Asikwazi ukuvumela lokho ukuthi kwenzeke,” kusho yena.
UMagashule wamiswa ngemuva kwezincomo zezinhlaka ezimbili eziphezulu ze-ANC, i-National Working Committee (NWC) kanye ne-National Executive Committee (NEC).
Ngesikhathi ehluleka ukuguqula amagatsha e-ANC amelane noMengameli oyimbangi uCyril Ramaphosa, uMagashule wasala engenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokuya enkantolo ngoLwesine.
Yize uMagashule engashongo esidlangalaleni ukuthi ubheke isikhundla sikaMengameli we-ANC, abalandeli bakhe bebefuna ukuthi angenele lesi sikhundla uma i-ANC ibambe ingqungquthela yokukhetha ubuholi ngoZibandlela ngonyaka ozayo.
UMagashule ungaphandle ngebheyili yezi-R200,000 mayelana nenkohlakalo yethenda yezigidi ezingama-R255 eyakhishwa ngesikhathi esenguNdunankulu wase-Free State.
Isazi sezomthetho u-Ulrich Roux uthe inkantolo ibhekene nomsebenzi onzima wokuhlola impikiswano yokuthi uMagashule kufanele athathwe njengumuntu omsulwa aze atholakale enecala.