𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟯𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. The battle for the soul of the ANC deepens as its suspended Secretary-General Ace Magashule warns the crisis in the governing party could shake the country. Carte Blanche examines Magashule’s game plan as he files papers in the High Court in Johannesburg to get the step-aside rule declared as “unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid”. Suspending him pending the outcome of corruption charges against him in a Free State court resulted in his tit-for-tat attempt to suspend party president Cyril Ramaphosa. To date, he’s scoffed at the party’s instruction to apologise in writing. As the match extends into extra time, and the party investigates the option of charging Magashule with misconduct for bringing the ANC into disrepute after he ignored warnings not to comment on the step-aside process or his temporary removal from office, we tally the score. #CarteBlanche