More ANC bigwigs have declined nomination for the party’s national executive committee, including the president’s spin doctor Mac Maharaj.
Kgalema Motlanthe is out of top level ANC politics entirely after his decisive defeat by Jacob Zuma in the race for the party presidency.
With President Zuma and his allies taking the top spots, to much jubilation, the political futures of the other contenders are uncertain.
There will be a court challenge to the legality of the ANC’s national conference at Mangaung, two people involved in the process have told the M&G.
Calls for ANC unity and fears of lingering animosity were heard following the election of Jacob Zuma and the party’s senior leadership at Mangaung.
Now that Kgalema Motlanthe is out of the ANC top six, speculation is rife about what the future holds for the country’s deputy president.
Campaigners say most of the illegally siphoned money ends up in offshore banks and tax havens and can be traced to mining multinationals.
Events took a turn at the ANC Mangaung conference as liberation movements such as Zanu-PF began comparing themselves to the ANC.
The ICC has acquitted Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of war crimes and ordered his immediate release.
With Jacob Zuma re-elected to lead the ANC, the party needs to now deal with the high possibility of losing votes come the 2014 national election.