Stone Sizani may be eased out during shake-up
by Sam Mkokeli,
2016-03-02 15:07:55.0
THE African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament is gearing for a shake-up of its caucus leadership team amid growing speculation that chief whip Stone Sizani is on his way out, according to sources.
Mr Sizani was not immediately available to comment. ANC insiders said a reshuffle of the whips was on the cards.
Mr Sizani, a former Eastern Cape education minister, replaced Mathole Motshekga in 2013. Mr Motshekga was muscled out of that position by Cabinet ministers who were major campaigners for President Jacob Zuma to be re-elected as the ANC’s president 2012.
Mr Motshekga was accused of failing to use his position as chief whip to shield Mr Zuma and the ANC from opposition parties that forced onto Parliament’s agenda a number of topics that were deemed to be embarrassing to the ANC.
Members of the Cabinet were specifically infuriated when, despite its overwhelming majority in Parliament, the ANC caucus allowed a debate on the National Key Points Act to take place in 2013.
The government had used the apartheid-era act to justify the initial secrecy around the Nkandla scandal.
The official reason given at the time was that Mr Motshekga was replaced because of an ANC resolution that the chief whip has to be a member of the party’s national executive committee (NEC). He lost his NEC position when he did not garner enough votes at the Mangaung conference in 2012.
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ANC chief whip Stone Sizani Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
THE African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament is gearing for a shake-up of its caucus leadership team amid growing speculation that chief whip Stone Sizani is on his way out, according to sources.
Mr Sizani was not immediately available to comment. ANC insiders said a reshuffle of the whips was on the cards.
Mr Sizani, a former Eastern Cape education minister, replaced Mathole Motshekga in 2013. Mr Motshekga was muscled out of that position by Cabinet ministers who were major campaigners for President Jacob Zuma to be re-elected as the ANC’s president 2012.
Mr Motshekga was accused of failing to use his position as chief whip to shield Mr Zuma and the ANC from opposition parties that forced onto Parliament’s agenda a number of topics that were deemed to be embarrassing to the ANC.
Members of the Cabinet were specifically infuriated when, despite its overwhelming majority in Parliament, the ANC caucus allowed a debate on the National Key Points Act to take place in 2013.
The government had used the apartheid-era act to justify the initial secrecy around the Nkandla scandal.
The official reason given at the time was that Mr Motshekga was replaced because of an ANC resolution that the chief whip has to be a member of the party’s national executive committee (NEC). He lost his NEC position when he did not garner enough votes at the Mangaung conference in 2012.
© BDlive 2016
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