Premiers in the firing line
2008-07-23 07:32
Johannesburg - The ANC will announce a successor to embattled Eastern Cape premier Nosimo Balindlela as soon as she returns from China, the SABC reported on Monday.
Party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said Balindlela would be asked to resign when she returned on Thursday.
He cited her "poor" service delivery record as the reason for the move.
Mantashe said they had already decided who should take over the reins, but could not confirm the appointment while the premier was overseas.
"Meanwhile, the future of Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool remains uncertain," the report added.
Earlier reports that he had been asked by the ANC national executive committee to stand down by Tuesday could not be confirmed.
- SAPA