He says the incident can create challenges within the party ahead of the 2027 elective conference.

Saul was speaking during the first day of the ANC’s elective conference in Kimberley, on Tuesday.

He made the remarks before the police confirmed in a statement the alleged shooting incident of Mashatile’s convoy. 

Saul says, “Who can in his right mind go out and want to kill the Deputy President of the ANC for a 40% party? Deputy Presidents were not killed when we were having 70%, and we come to believe those things because of the level of divisions within our ranks.” 

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