Pass a slice, Mr Prez

KZN provincial ANC secretary Bheki Mtolo had to gobble humble pie after the NEC meeting was adjourned on Friday. “President Thabo Mbeki, ja, I think he was correct to say the ANC must start to prepare for the eventuality of all sides. I think now that’s what has happened ...”

When Mbeki made the call in October for the ANC to prepare for the eventuality that the section 89 panel may find against Ramaphosa, Mtolo issued a statement berating Mbeki as among former presidents “eroding the standing of the organisation”.