Job Mokgoro Resigns as North West Premier After Bushy Maape's Nomination

• North West Premier Job Mokgoro has resigned from his position after reportedly meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa
• Mokgoro served in his position for three years but was subsequently pushed out by the ANC's interim provincial leadership, who nominated Bushy Maape to take his position over
• Mokgoro's words after his resignation revealed that he was not happy to leave the position and reports state that he had been butting heads with the IPC for a while

Job Mokgoro has resigned. The now ex-North West Premier reportedly met with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, 25 August. Mokgoro was anticipated to step down after the African National Congress' (ANC) Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) nominated someone else to replace him.

The leadership nominated Bushy Maape as Premier-elect a week ago. Mokgoro, according to EWN, did not suppress his disappointment on how the matter was handled. He served as the North West's Premier for three years.

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The report continued by explaining that there had allegedly been resistance from Mokgoro's side and he'd been butting heads with the IPC for more than a year. eNCA reported that Mokgoro maintained that he has been trying to root corruption out within the North West.

Mokgoro stated that he 'took the road less travelled' and looked to make the needs of citizens the priority over other interests.

Phumzile van Damme reveals the real reason why she resigned

Previously, Briefly News reported that former Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament and party spokesperson Phumzile van Damme, has decided to set the record straight about the real reason she left her position and the party.

Van Damme took to the social media platform Twitter to air her grievances with the political organisation during the time she decided to tender her resignation, according to SowetanLIVE. Van Damme also called out DA party leader John Steenhuisen for lying about the reasons she resigned.

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Van Damme stated that her resignation was motivated by an incident that went down between her and DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone. Van Damme alleges that Mazzone had instructed her that she could not go after Facebook.

"I leave on my own terms": Phumzile Van Damme to quit DA after resigning as an MP

Briefly News previously reported that DA member Phumzile Van Damme resigned as an MP and said that she will also be leaving the Democratic Alliance.

This comes after the former shadow Minister of Communications announced that she was being tormented by a group with the DA.

She posted a statement on social media and said that had no plans on joining any other political party. Van Damme maintained in her statement that it was not due to the perception that the DA was a 'racist party' that she is resigning but due to a small number of people within the DA.

Source: Briefly News