Premier league ‘self-serving’

of what is the rest of the story.”

Another ANC politician from the Eastern Cape to speak out, is Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.

In an opinion piece to be published in the Daily Dispatch on Tuesday, the Deputy Communications Minister and provincial executive member, dismisses the premier league as irrelevant.

“There has been the emergence of a disturbing phenomenon referred in the media as the ‘premier league’,” she writes.

“This is in apparent reference to three premiers who have allegedly captured the ANC and will become the sole determinants on who gets elected to lead the ANC at its next elective conference in 2017.

“The ‘premier league’ is not an official structure of the ANC and therefore has no status in the ANC, therefore of no relevance.”

But the strongest attack came from Masualle in his political report to the party’s provincial general council (PGC) in Mthatha yesterday morning.

Masualle bemoaned the extensive use of money in the ANC to lure unsuspecting members and leaders into the agendas of individuals or groups, called factions.

“The newest incarnation of this factionalisation of political activity within the organisation, is the socalled premier league.

“Like any other faction, this is self-serving. It is not in the best interest of the organisation. As members of the organisation, we must isolate, expose and condemn any such tendencies,” Masualle said.

Fikeni said by launching the campaign against the premier league, the Eastern Cape was trying to regroup after its recent heavy losses.