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03541aam a2200397Ki 4500 001 60EBE828E9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210721010052 008 210212t20202020sa a b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 143142840X 020 $a 9781431428403 035 $a (OCoLC)1237370451 040 $a EEM $b eng $e rda $c EEM $d EEM $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a DT1978 $b .V36 2020 100 1 $a Van Heerden, Oscar, $e author. 245 10 $a Two minutes to midnight : $b will Ramaphosa's ANC survive? / $c Oscar van Heerden. 264 1 $a Auckland Park, South Africa : $b Jacana Media, $c 2020. 300 $a x, 153, [33] pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a 16 to 20 December 2017 saw most South Africans and political pundits closely observing the African National Congress's 54th National Elective Conference at Nasrec. There were plenty of international observers and local and foreign press who were closely tracking the ANC top brass and branch delegates as they jostled for political power and position. The air was thick with anticipation and high with suspicion. Former student activist, member of the then Mitchells Plain Student Congress (Mipsco), COSAS national leader and now ANC member in good standing, Oscar van Heerden once again found himself doing duty in the resolutions drafting team at the ANC's National Conference. What he witnessed in the period leading up to the conference and then the five days of high drama at Nasrec make for an enthralling and insightful insider's view. Van Heerden's observations lay bare a governing party that is at war with itself. At the heart of this struggle is deception, corruption and power-hungry politicians flexing their muscles. Factional infighting, money in bags exchanging hands in the dead of night, spies on duty and a political party in the clutches of state capture are some of the political moves that Van Heerden witnesses and now shares in his book. Van Heerden's assertion after the first two days of the conference is that the Cyril Ramaphosa camp, also known as CR17, did not stand a chance of winning. To him they seemed disorganised, at times not understanding the modalities of election politics at the conference, and had arrived at the gun fight with a knife. How then did the tide turn against the obvious pro-Jacob Zuma camp to favour CR17? What really happened behind closed doors to secure the narrow margin of victory? Walk this journey with Van Heerden and see why, with the upcoming ANC National General Council in June 2020, the fight for our country's leadership is far from over, begging the question: Will Ramaphosa's ANC survive? 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 600 10 $a Ramaphosa, Cyril. 600 17 $a Ramaphosa, Cyril. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00190657 610 20 $a African National Congress. 610 27 $a African National Congress. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00549188 648 7 $a Since 1994 $2 fast 650 0 $a Political leadership $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Power (Social sciences) $z South Africa. 650 7 $a Political leadership. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069363 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Power (Social sciences) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074219 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 1994- 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317020328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60EBE828E9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search