{"id":914170,"date":"2022-01-07T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/07\/january-8-ace-magashules-event-in-polokwane-canned-after-anc-raises-its-ire\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T07:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T07:42:18","slug":"january-8-ace-magashules-event-in-polokwane-canned-after-anc-raises-its-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/january-8-ace-magashules-event-in-polokwane-canned-after-anc-raises-its-ire\/","title":{"rendered":"January 8: Ace Magashule\u2019s event in Polokwane canned after ANC raises its ire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polokwane – The ANC Musina branch soccer tournament, which was billed to host suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule as its guest speaker, has been canned following a last-minute intervention by the regional leadership.<\/p>\n

Magashule, who is on suspension because of his alleged involvement in the Free State government asbestos case, is not allowed to attend or address ANC gatherings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, in an eyebrow-raising move, ward 8 in Musina, which is an ANC stronghold in the Vhembe region, invited him to its soccer tournament on Friday. The tournament was set to clash with the ANC\u2019s golf fund-raiser.<\/p>\n

<\/em> understands that after threats of hauling the branch\u2019s leadership over the coals and even disbanding it, the event was canned.<\/p>\n

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#ANC110 – The ANC’s branch in Vhembe which today intended to host suspended ANC secretary-general, Ace Magashule, has bowed to pressure to can the event. This was after Vhembe regional secretary, Rudzani Ludere, wrote to the branch saying Magashule is persona non grata. @<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sihle Mavuso (@ZANewsFlash) January 7, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Musina branch chairperson Fistos Mafela, who is a known to form part of the Radical Economic Transformation and who is a supporter of former president Jacob Zuma and Magashule, confirmed late on Thursday to that the event had been cancelled. He gave no reasons.<\/p>\n

<\/em> has seen the letter that forced the branch\u2019s hand on the matter.<\/p>\n

It was penned by Vhembe ANC regional secretary Rudzani Ladere, and addressed to Mafela, ANC Limpopo provincial secretary Soviet Lekganyane and Basikopo Makamu, the deputy provincial secretary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ladere indicated that Magashule was persona-non-grata and hosting him was not consistent with the ANC\u2019s decision to suspend him.<\/p>\n

Parts of the letter read:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cThe National Executive Committee meeting held in May 2021 resolved to suspend Comrade Ace Magashule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2. \u201cThe National Executive Committee further resolved (that the) Secretary-General is not allowed to attend organisational activities or represent the ANC in any activities.\u201c<\/p>\n

3. \u201cYour activity (Musina ward 8) is inconsistent with the prescripts of the constitution of the ANC as adopted in the 54th National Conference, in particular rule 25.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. \u201cBased on the decision of the National Executive Committee your branch is directed to suspend the visit of Comrade Ace Magashule scheduled for the 07th of January 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The letter\u2019s subject line reads: \u201cDisapproval of visit by Comrade Ace Magashule to Ward 8.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, other than the fund-raising golf event, Ramaphosa and his deputy, David Mabuza, were set to have a busy Friday.<\/p>\n

In the morning, Mabuza was due to lead a wreath-laying ceremony at the burial site of Peter Mokaba, a former leader of the ANC youth league who hailed from Polokwane. The January 8 rally hosting region is named after him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Later in the day, he would lead a Peter Mokaba remembrance walk at Mankweng, together with the leadership of the ANC youth league interim structure.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa was expected to take over the programme when he delivered the Peter Mokoba memorial lecture at Jack Botes Hall in Polokwane.<\/p>\n

From there, he would attend the party\u2019s fund-raising gala dinner where guests who wanted to sit next to him would have paid R1.2 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Polokwane – The ANC Musina branch soccer tournament, which was billed to host suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule as its guest speaker, has been canned following a last-minute intervention by the regional leadership. Magashule, who is on suspension because of his alleged involvement in the Free State government asbestos case, is not allowed to attend or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}