WC ANC still unclear on Fransman's status

Leonie Pretorius

29 July 2016

The African National Congress  in the Western Cape believes its national leadership will be able to resolve the ongoing turmoil around its provincial chairperson Marius Fransman.

Fransman had taken the party’s Secretary General Gwede Mantashe to court in his fight for his job.

He had voluntarily stepped down to allow an investigation into sexual assault claims levelled against him to run its course.

Fransman, though, was conspicuous in his absence during deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign blitz in the Cape Winelands yesterday.

His deputy and acting Western Cape chairperson Khaya Magaxa said Fransman’s status within the party is still unclear.