A group of ANC veterans who met party leaders over the state of the organisation have welcomed the decision to hold a consultative conference but have expressed concern at the outcomes of last weekend’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting. The stalwarts said they had received a report back from their meeting with the ANC and would be meeting ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe again on Monday. "The stalwarts welcome the statement from the extended NEC ... that there will be a consultative conference," they said in a statement on Friday. "However, there are a number of the reported outcomes of the NEC and our previous discussions with the NWC [national working committee] that will require clarification and careful consideration at the meeting between the stalwarts and the SGO [secretary general’s office] on Monday." The veterans met the national working committee twice last week ahead of the three-day national executive committee meeting, which saw the ANC debate the future o...
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