The ANC's integrity commission has called for an overhaul of secretary-general Ace Magashule's office because of its inefficiencies.
This is contained in the commission's report on leaders who were flagged ahead of the general elections. The commission advised the ANC top leadership to "encourage" those flagged to step aside from public office.
The report found also that the "highest echelons of the leadership of the ANC" were actively fuelling division in the party.
In the report, sent to the ANC's national executive committee on May 29, the committee, headed by party veteran George Mashamba, called for a review of Magashule's office.
"Based on the experience of [the integrity commission], of correspondence not being acknowledged or replied to, reports not being processed, and so forth, it will be necessary to examine and review the functioning of the office of the secretary-general, which is the engine of the organisation," it says.
Luthuli House insiders have described the 6th floor, which houses Magashule's office, as an "absolute mess".
When Magashule was elected secretary-general in December 2017, he hired fraudster Carl Niehaus. Insiders described Niehaus as "someone who sits there and does nothing and attacks everyone else".
He also appointed Chris Akeer - widely known to be Magashule's "bag man" when he was premier of the Free State - as a manager.
The integrity commission has also expressed concern about the ANC's communication department, saying: "The ANC must recognise that in a democracy the media is an important player. The ANC needs to learn how to work with the media."
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