Eastern Cape ANC losers claim violence was premeditated
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Zizi Kodwa blamed for conference chaos
Ousted ANC Eastern Cape leader Phumulo Masualle and his supporters have singled out Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as the person responsible for the disorder that plagued last week's violent provincial congress.
Masualle's faction has also pointed the finger at ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa, who sits on the party's national executive committee, claiming Kodwa was at the centre of irregularities it said were committed at the conference, and which resulted in Masualle being toppled by former ally Oscar Mabuyane.
Masualle's supporters have also alleged that the violence that erupted last weekend, during which at least 28 ANC members were injured, was premeditated and planned as there was "an escape route" for Mabuyane.
The allegations against Mapisa-Nqakula and Kodwa are contained in a letter, which the Sunday Times has seen, sent to the ANC's national working committee by 17 former provincial leaders...
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