ANC Women’s League unapologetic about backing a woman for president
The ANC Women’s League is unapologetic about its decision to endorse outgoing African Union (AU) commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to succeed Jacob Zuma as party president, and does not believe it was ill-disciplined to do so. The ANC chastised the league for making its announcement on the eve of the January 8 rally where Zuma, on behalf of the national executive committee (NEC), called on members of the party to stop making public pronouncements. The league’s NEC made the pronouncement in defiance of a special ANC leadership meeting that barred the party and its affiliated organisations from making such pronouncements. Women’s league secretary-general Meokgo Matuba said on Tuesday that the league would not deviate from its position on the ANC succession and its decision to endorse a woman candidate. The league "will not be persuaded to stop its decision to call for the members of the ANC to elect its first ever woman as president in December 2017 and having women equally...
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