Bathabile Dlamini Joins In on Call for Ramaphosa to Step Down, SA Uninterested in “Convicted Criminal" Opinion

Bathabile Dlamini Joins In on Call for Ramaphosa to Step Down, SA Uninterested in “Convicted Criminal" Opinion

  • Bathabile Dlamini is the latest African National Congress member to call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign
  • South Africans arn't too pleased with Dlamini's indignations claiming she is the pot who called the kettle black
  • The calls for Ramaphosa to step aside have intensified since the Section 89 panel found the president may have a case to answer to

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JOHANNESBURG - The pressure is mounting for President Cyril Ramaphosa as more and more African National Congress members are coming out of the woodwork to call for him to step down. The latest to issue Ramaphosa marching orders is former ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini.

Bathabile Dlamini and President Cyril Ramaphosa
Bathabile Dlamini has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. Image: Darren Stewart & Carl Court
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The former ANCWL president said Ramaphosa had compromised himself, the ANC and the country and insisted that he step aside. South Africans called Dlamini out for being a hypocrite on social media, claiming she was the pot calling the kettle black.

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This is what South Africans had to say:

@WarrenRcomedian said:

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"Twice-convicted criminal Bathabile Dlamini thinks she has the moral high ground."

@davidson_home commented:

"And this comes from a person so useless and corrupt."

@SimplyMegszcpt stated:

"All compromised members should join him and resign... That leaves who? Oh gosh... No one."

@MMtshiza quipped:

"Stomach pains are speaking."

@FreddyAdam13 claimed:

"The catalyst of the SASSA mess: Found her voice at last, lol."

@Ceeeeboo remarked:

"HER of all people?"

The calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa's resignation are mounting

Politicians and citizens have called for President Ramaphosa to resign from office following the damning findings of the Section 89 panel of legal experts. eNCA reported that the Phala Phala report found evidence that the president may have violated the law.

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According to TimesLIVE, Bathabile Dlamini said she was pleased that the judiciary still had honesty and integrity, and the committee's findings reinstalled the country's confidence in the wheels of justice.

Phala Phala: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for Ramaphosa to step aside, Mzansi backs her with #Ramaphosamustgo

In a related story, Briefly News reported that Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step aside following the release of the Section 89 panel's report on the Phala Phala farm theft.

Many South Africans have echoed this call under the #RamaphosaMustGo hashtag.

Dlamini-Zuma, a member of the African National Congress's National Executive Committee (ANC NEC), stated that the damning findings of the report warranted an immediate step aside.

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Lerato Mutsila (Current affairs editor) Lerato Mutsila is a journalist with 3 years of experience. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pearson Institute of Higher Education in 2020, majoring in broadcast journalism, political science and communication. Lerato joined the Briefly News current affairs desk in August 2022. Mutsila is also a fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme, which trained African journalists in climate journalism. You can contact Lerato at lerato.mutsila@breifly.co.za