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In September, the ANC’s provincial executive committee (PEC) in Limpopo </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-06-mashatiles-anc-deputy-president-bid-takes-shape-with-limpopo-backing/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">formally endorsed Mashatile</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the position of deputy president, the first to do so.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others vying for the position of deputy president include former ANC Youth League deputy president Ronald Lamola, ANC NEC member Mmamoloko Kubayi and party deputy president David Mabuza.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane appears to have given up his ambition to contest the position </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-09-humbling-and-terrifying-oscar-mabuyane-on-name-thrown-into-hat-for-anc-deputy-president-position/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">despite backing from his own PEC</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1470234 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Paul-Mashatile-2566.jpg\" alt=\"mashatile, Cele\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1172\" /> ANC General Secretary Paul Mashatile (centre), joined by Bheki Cele (left), sings with Suzanne Zumana (middle), who is contesting a Ward 38 by-election in Nyanga, Cape Town on 20 November 2022. 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Zuma, who was giving a political </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-20-zuma-says-radical-economic-transformation-is-not-synonymous-with-stealing-looting-and-self-enrichment/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lecture on Radical Economic Transformation</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, questioned why Mashatile was being allowed to occupy three positions in the ANC’s top six.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mashatile was asked to act as secretary-general after Ace Magashule was suspended in 2021. 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ANC Treasurer General Paul Mashatile sings with members of the ANC in Nyanga, Cape Town. (Photo: Xabiso Mkhabela)
ANC General Secretary Paul Mashatile (centre), joined by Bheki Cele (left), sings with Suzanne Zumana (middle), who is contesting a Ward 38 by-election in Nyanga, Cape Town on 20 November 2022. (Photo: Xabiso Mkhabela)