Crucial court ruling in ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal leadership dispute could affect all of SA
It’s D-Day for the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, with the Pietermaritzburg High Court expected to rule on Tuesday whether 40 of the party’s elected members should lose their positions over allegations of wrongdoing at the provincial elective conference in 2015. In the so-called "ANC rebels case"‚ a faction supporting former KwaZulu-Natal chairman and ousted premier Senzo Mchunu asked the court to declare the 2015 conference null and void‚ citing various irregularities. The application is led by Vryheid councillor Lawrence Dube and four other ANC members representing 43 branches. They went to court in July last year to ask for a rerun. The legitimacy of Sihle Zikalala‚ who replaced Mchunu‚ KwaZulu-Natal secretary Super Zuma and 38 other officials hangs in the balance as Judge Sharmaine Balton is expected to give her verdict. The judgment could also have far-reaching ramifications for the party’s national conference in December. If the rebels win the case‚ the party is unlikely to have enough...
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