ANC will not support any plots against President Ramaphosa: Mashatile

Deputy President Paul Mashatile addressed a breakfast session with the Parliamentary Gallery Association (PGA) at the Parliamentary Dining Room in Cape Town on December 4, 2025

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the African National Congress’s (ANC) National Executive Committee has made it clear that no plans plotted against President Cyril Ramaphosa will be supported.

He was addressing the Parliamentary Gallery Association (PGA) during a breakfast briefing with media houses based in Parliament on Thursday.

When asked about reports that Ramaphosa would be forced to step down, Mashatile said that he would remain as President until he finishes his term.

He says, “The President raised this matter himself in the NEC, that he has come across that, but obviously the NEC decided that such a move would not be supported. The President has been elected, stay until he finishes his term. So that’s our position at the moment, the president is going nowhere, he will stay and continue to lead.”