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TOP STORY: Magashule plays Ace card, suspending ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Does the suspended ANC-SG, Ace Magashule (left), have the authority to suspend ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa (right) from his portfolio?  Turmoil in South African politics as this story Develops across local media platforms. [pic sourced] DEVELOPING:   The Secretary-General (SG) for the African National Congress (ANC) has challenged his suspension through a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa; furthermore suspending the president from his role as ANC president.   “I herewith announce that I am immediately, and formally, appealing this unconstitutional suspension. In terms of the ANC Constitution, my suspension is thus wholly suspended, until my appeal has been heard, and it’s final outcome announced,” Magashule declared in his two page statement leaked to social media late in the evening of Wednesday, 5 May 2021. Magashule, in the statement, additionally issued a suspension to the president. “This is done in terms of Resolution 8.2 of the 54th National Conference, which states