NEC gives approval for ANC policy proposals
The party's policy documents, including radical economic transformation, will be discussed in June and finalised in December
A special sitting of the ANC national executive committee (NEC) took place on Monday to ratify policy proposals ahead of the party’s policy conference to take place at the end of June. The party has placed radical economic transformation at the centre of its agenda for 2017 and expectations are that this shift will be reflected in its policy documents to be discussed at the June gathering and finalised in December at its national conference. The ANC is under pressure from the electorate to quicken economic growth and stem rising unemployment. It is also under pressure to grow its political presence after suffering losses in key metros in last August’s municipal elections. The NEC approved the policy documents before their public release in the coming weeks. ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa said the party had stuck to its agenda and discussed only its policy proposals, despite speculation that there would be calls for the removal of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan by loyalists to President J...
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