NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN
Gwede Mantashe warns of copycat party rule breakers
The ANC secretary-general says the election of Nelson Mandela Bay chairman Andile Lungisa could ‘open up a can of worms’
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe is concerned that flouting the party’s constitution to accommodate the newly elected Nelson Mandela Bay chairman Andile Lungisa could "open up a can of worms". Lungisa contravened party rules when he accepted nomination to lead a lower structure while sitting on the party’s provincial executive committee. When Mantashe warned him about this, Lungisa publicly insulted the secretary-general, saying he was "protecting his faction". The matter cuts to the heart of the organisational problems faced by the ANC, highlighted in its policy discussion documents that rules are applied selectively according to allegiances. Lungisa’s election was reportedly praised by President Jacob Zuma. ANC alliance partner the South African Communist Party complained that the so-called "Premier League" faction, seen to have Zuma’s backing, should have been dismantled when its existence emerged. Lungisa is reportedly aligned to this group and Zuma. Mantashe told Business D...
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