Mbalula dismisses rumours he is eyeing ANC deputy president post

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses the party’s fifth National General Council in Boksburg.

The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, has dismissed rumors suggesting that he intends to run for the position of deputy president.

Reports have also surfaced regarding National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza’s plans to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa as the party’s president.

Mbalula was briefing the media on the party’s fifth National General Council currently under way in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. He says issues of leadership will be discussed at the right time.

“SG’s vying for deputy president, I don’t know about that. Whoever told you, I don’t know. Many things have been said that president will be taken out in this NGC. There’s no such. And I told you before that such a thing is a plot that is out there, but it will not see the light of day. Given the centre we are driving in the organisation, focusing on the ANC, its membership on the task at hand and the moment we are in, we don’t have a luxury to gather in large numbers, like in the NGC, and only become a spectacle of infights and leadership.”

ANC Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party’s renewal agenda is on track and the party is making good progress. He was speaking at #ANCNGC2025 in Boksburg. #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/Lw86qpeJDh

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