SPECIAL NEC MEETING
NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC faces a major test of resolve as regions rage
After each ANC national conference, the consolidation of the power of the winning faction has swept swiftly into its structures. After Mangaung, when the Jacob Zuma faction took hold of the national executive committee (NEC), the provinces, regions and branches followed, with allegiances forming around the new national leadership. The same pattern has been unfolding after Nasrec in December, but in a far more complex manner as no faction obtained complete dominance over the party’s national leadership structures. Contests in the provinces, regions and branches have been all the more intense and difficult to resolve by a divided national structure, albeit one trying desperately to portray a united front ahead of a crucial election. The upcoming special ANC NEC meeting will be a key test of the party’s leadership. It will illustrate the degree to which it can maintain its "unity project" in the face of fight-to-the-death factionalism, articulated rather scarily by secretary-general Ac...
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