ANC MP and minister of international relations and cooperation Ronald Lamola says there is a need for open engagement by the ANC on the issue of its succession plan, and that the issue should not be personalised.
In an interview with Sowetan's IN THE KNOW podcast, Lamola said the process of nomination should not be confused with the succession debate.
The process of nomination is when you now open it up for structures to nominate an individual to lead, which is led by the electoral commission, but before that process, there is a need for ANC structures to debate on the succession debate and say, 'these are the type of leaders we want to see in this epoch', and not personalise it as it is happening now so that we are able to have an honest conversation, he said.