Unpacking Phala Phala.

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ANC national executive committee member Nkenke Kekana said the committee could not recall President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Kekana, who is a key Paul Mashatile lobbyist, said Ramaphosa must explain himself on the Phala Phala saga during a parliamentary process.
ANC presidential candidate Zweli Mkhize is expected not to agitate for Ramaphosa's removal from office.
President Cyril Ramaphosa's main political rivals, Paul Mashatile and Zweli Mkhize, are expected to push back against calls for his removal during an ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday.

A key Mashatile ally and lobbyist, Nkenke Kekana, said the NEC could not seek to remove Ramaphosa and that the president's fate should be decided at the party's conference.
5 Dec 2022 1AM English South Africa Education · Careers

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