Despite ANC attempts to ensure a fair vote for a
new leader, branch mandates may not hold.
Ramaphosa will have a tough time convincing his ANC supporters to throw their weight behind Naledi Pandor ahead of the December elective conference.
The Deputy President has been openly critical of the latest Cabinet reshuffle — the 11th since President Jacob Zuma assumed office in 2009.
Maphatsoe accused Ramaphosa of being factional and of lying when he claimed to have attended the conference to forge unity within the MK.
Ramaphosa was speaking on Saturday at a joint MK conference held by some MKMVA members and the MK National Council.
Sources say several ANC presidential hopefuls are being spied on by the state using stolen money
The deputy president claims the intelligence services are being used to discredit him and prevent him becoming the country’s next leader.
Land must be returned to its rightful owners, presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa said during his campaign trail in Grahamstown on Sunday.
Branches in half of Jacob Zuma’s heartland seem to be turning on him, backing his deputy instead.
The deputy president is in Johannesburg discussing ‘radical economic transformation’.