Cape Town – The Independent Citizens Movement (ICM) has reportedly urged the outgoing chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to run for president in 2024 general elections.
The ICM is a group of pastors and professionals in South Africa.
According to Sunday Times, the group said it held informal talks with Mogoeng about making himself available for public office after his retirement from the bench.
The calls came following a video that went viral where Mogoeng told an audience that if God wanted him to lead the country, he would make himself available.
“You must ask God to make it clear to you, who he has chosen. Remember I said there are about seven or more people who say the lord has called them to lead this nation, so to get certainties, so that it doesn’t look like everybody is trying to take anything from anyone let there be clarity. All I can say is I am ready to do whatever the lord wants me to do,” Mogoeng said in response to a question from the audience.
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A report by Daily Friend said that the ICM has registered with the Electoral Commission to contest the 2024 elections. It fielded Reverend Chris Mathebula as its mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni in the local elections.
“We are planning on going national in 2024 … but if you go nationally you need a national leader and Mogoeng Mogoeng for us is one of those people … we want to work with, he is not the only one but he fits the profile,” the report quoted ICM’s Joe Mojapelo as saying.
Mogoeng retired last month after serving as the country’s fourth chief justice since 2011.
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