ANC NEC backs Ramaphosa amid resignation and impeachment calls [SOUND]

# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party’s national executive committee did not discuss recalling president Cyril Ramaphosa following the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Phala Phala matter. He briefed the media after the NEC meeting. Mbalula says Ramaphosa’s resignation was never on the agenda. He reaffirmed the ANC’s full support for Ramaphosa, saying branches elected him to a five-year term, with his mandate remaining intact until the next conference in 2027: