The ANC Free State provincial leadership wants a decision taken urgently on replacing Sisi Ntombela as the province's premier - with newly elected ANC provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana highly favoured to take over.
News24 understands from insiders within the provincial leadership that the need to replace Ntombela was so urgent that ANC Free State leaders flew to Cape Town to engage with the party's national leadership on the matter.
ANC leaders were in the city ahead of the State of the Nation Address to be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday.