Mashatile said there were no objections from the ANC caucus and that ‘comrades’ had been waiting to hear what the next move would be.
The ANC NEC meeting is set to seal Zuma’s fate on Monday, but hopes are dwindling for a speedy resolution for those who want to see him out of office.
A long and drawn out debate is expected at the NEC meeting to be held on Monday, with Zuma still enjoying support from some Cabinet ministers
Speaking to investors, Mashatile confirms Zuma refused to step down during a meeting with the ANC’s top six officials on Sunday.
Zuma’s job has been on the line since the December elective conference that saw Cyril Ramaphosa being named as the ANC’s new leader.
Gauteng, Free State and Mpumalanga need to fill spots created by provincial leaders who have been elected to the ANC’s top six
Cyril Ramaphosa has secured the leadership of the ANC. But he may not be able to clean up the mess left by his predecessor.
Lobbyists on either side of the CR17 and NDZ campaigns describe their emotions, exhaustion and their view of the conference
Some see the election of the top six as one of unity that will solidify the ANC but others fear links to state capture have been retained
Zweli Mkhize said he declined nomination for the sake of unity, but he has apparently made deals with both presidential candidates
Other changes the PGC proposed included expanding the size of the national executive to have two deputy presidents and two deputy secretaries general.
Gauteng is now the fourth ANC provincial structure to officially nominate Ramaphosa as their preferred ANC presidential candidate.
The ANC treasurer’s unity ticket has received widespread support among ANC members.
Ramaphosa has since released a statement saying he notes the criticism on his pronouncement of preferred candidates.
Ramaphosa was speaking at a rally at the Tafelkop Stadium outside Groblersdal in Limpopo when he urged the crowd to support his CR17 campaign.
So far, Dlamini-Zuma has been endorsed by the ANCWL, ANCYL and the Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Association as their preferred candidate.
The ANC is in trouble so we have to fix it, says Gauteng’s Mashatile
Blaming the leaders is a "false argument", says the party’s Gautemg chairman.
The ruling party’s reputation is in tatters, a matter that will drive people to vote for opposition parties.
The province will also define the meaning of ‘radical economic transformation’ when it releases its list of strategy and policy proposals.
"Gwede Mantashe says four ANC members implicated in the leaked Gupta emails have confirmed the authenticity of the mail exchanges."
"It will take at least 30 years to resolve the housing backlog in Johannesburg, said Herman Mashaba, blaming funding cuts by the Gauteng government."
Gauteng human settlements MEC Paul Mashatile says preference for housing will be given to those who applied in 1994.
The East Rand metro won’t pay a service provider despite a court order, so the MEC has been roped in to probe fraud and money laundering claims.
There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal, according to ANC Gauteng chairperson and former Jo’burg mayor at Nonhlanhla Mthembu’s funeral.
Kgalema Motlanthe came out of retirement on Saturday to join Gauteng ANC leaders a door-to-door campaign in Dobsonville, Soweto.
The Gauteng branch of the ANC has admitted that it ‘jumped the gun’ when it insisted that President Zuma’s apology was not enough.
On Saturday Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa attended the funeral of several ANC members killed in a bus crash after the ANC’s Manifesto Launch.
A fatal bus accident killed 10 ANC members who were travelling from the ANC’s Manifesto Launch in PE to their homes in the Ekurhuleni region.
The ruling party’s Gauteng branch has accepted the president’s Nkandla apology but believes it is not enough to restore confidence in the ANC.
Airbrushing the party’s recent political history isn’t working so well if the one you defended throws you under the bus.
South Africans will forgive the ruling party for the damage wrought by the Nkandla debacle, its Gauteng chair believes.