Lobbying for Motsepe’s ANC leadership in full swing

The campaign to position billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe as a potential future leader of the ANC is operating in full swing, despite the party’s national executive committee (NEC) instructing members not to campaign ahead of its 2027 elective conference.

The Mail & Guardian this week visited the Johannesburg offices linked to the so-called PM27 Savumelana campaign, where organisers were coordinating activities associated with the initiative supporting Motsepe.

One of the chief campaigners for the initiative...