The ANC is in support with President Cyril Ramaphosa after he pronounced that any official charged with corruption should immediately step down.
However, ANC said any member faced with corruption charges should stop all official duties and step down from leadership positions until their cases have been finalised.
This decision was made after former president Jacob Zuma wrote a letter concerning ongoing corruption within the ANC.
Zuma actually attacked Ramaphosa and called him a white stooge for proclaiming the ANC has been swimming in corruption.
Ramaphosa mentioned in a statement last week that ANC must know that it has been tagged the “accused number one” for corruption.
Zuma replied by saying Ramaphosa’s statements were “fundamentally flawed,” “insulting” and just a way to get the attention of the country’s white minority.
“The ANC needs to draw a line in the sand between the organisation and those who steal from the people,” said the party, in a statement read out by Ramaphosa.
“The president of the ANC finally showed up,” said Mcebisi Ndletyana, political scientist at the University of Johannesburg.
“He is trying to mould the ANC into what exactly he had promised when he took over the presidency,” Ndletyana told AFP.
