Fractures multiply in ANC in KwaZulu-Natal in fallout after court ruling
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal looks set for a battle royale against its parent body, as the fallout over Tuesday’s court case continued on Wednesday afternoon‚ threatening to tear apart an already fractured province. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) said in the wake of the court decision — which ruled that the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal’s 2015 conference was unlawfully constituted and its elected officials invalid‚ effectively rendering the province leaderless and in disarray — it would step in and decide whether to allow its provincial counterparts to appeal. At the same time‚ ANC treasurer-general (and former KwaZulu-Natal premier) Zweli Mkhize said the provincial body had to "submit" to the NEC‚ which would "take responsibility" for the situation. But at a heated media conference on Wednesday‚ the ANC Youth League stopped just short of telling the NEC‚ and secretary-general Gwede Mantashe in particular‚ to back off. Flanked by the party’s women’s and veteran’s leagues‚ as well...
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