The ANC has resolved to keep regional and provincial leaders at bay in the process of nominating leaders before the party’s elective conference in December to stop them possibly manipulating the outcome. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided to consolidate branch nominations nationally and not at regional and provincial levels as was previously the case. A statement after an NEC lekgotla‚ read out by secretary-general Gwede Mantashe on Monday‚ said ANC branches could nominate candidates for leadership uninhibitedly. The move is also intended as a measure against slate politics‚ where processes of the party are undermined to deliver a manufactured leadership outcome. Regional and provincial leaders would effectively be reduced to mere observers of the nomination process. In line with the 2016 [national general council] resolution that the branch is the basic unit of the ANC‚ that slates must be outlawed and that serious action must be taken to prevent and deal wi...
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