Leadership, not ideology, is behind provincial tension in ANC, says Sylvia Lucas
Northern Cape premier believes the party will unite after the weekend election despite the bitter fight with the provincial secretary
Northern Cape premier Sylvia Lucas has admitted that differences between the two factions in the province was centred on national leadership of the ANC and not on ideology. Lucas is backing Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead the ANC, while provincial secretary Zamani Saul is backing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Lucas and Saul are set to square off for the post of chairperson at the party’s Northern Cape conference currently under way in Colesberg. Speaking on the sidelines of the conference, Lucas said she believed the bitter fight between her and Saul would not lead to a split in the province and that the party would unite after the weekend election. "We are currently differing on issues of leadership of the party, there are no ideological differences between the different contenders," she said. She would be the party’s only female provincial chairperson if elected and said this was not new for her as she was the only female regional chairperson in the province in the 1990s. "The ...
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