Would Have Preferred Dlamini-Zuma, But I Pledge Loyalty To Ramaphosa – ANC SG Magashule

Riyaz Patel

“I would have preferred to serve under Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,” ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has said, but “pledged to serve loyally under President Cyril Ramaphosa.”

He pointed out that he has served under former president’s Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, and now Ramaphosa, and despite his preferred candidate not making it, he is guided by party tradition.

“However, I have been taught by the party to toe the line, even though conference outcomes do not meet our personal preference. I did not have anything against Ramaphosa, I just had a preference and that preference was Dlamini-Zuma,” said Magashule.

Addressing an ANC Youth Rally in Hammanskraal, Pretoria, Magashule rebuked also his party and its leadership for being “out of touch with communities.”

He added that the principles and values of the ANC have been eroded and watered down from within the governing party.

“We have leaders who hand