ANC KZN backs Ramaphosa amid 'sustained public assault'
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has come out in support of President Cyril Ramaphosa following a high-profile Public Protector ruling against him regarding his 2017 ANC campaign financing.
At a media briefing addressing the tenure of embattled leaders in KZN, ANC provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli reaffirmed their support for Ramaphosa, saying the "sustained public assault" was intended to weaken the party.
"The provincial executive committee (PEC) has been following developments and challenges facing the African National Congress in general, and the president of our movement in particular.
"The PEC is deeply concerned about what appears to be a sustained public assault on the name and reputation of the president which to a larger extent is intended and ultimately is directed to weakening the organisation as a whole.
"There is a clear desire to deflect the focus of the president from the historic task of leading our people towards a national democratic society which we believe that the president, working with all of us, must ensure that such an attempt is resisted and ultimately defeated," said Ntuli.