NATIONAL INTERVENTION
ANC can still fix KZN leadership crisis, says Zweli Mkhize
ANC treasurer-general and presidential candidate Zweli Mkhize says he is confident that the party leadership crisis in KwaZulu-Natal can be resolved "within the family" via swift intervention by the party’s national leadership. Commenting on the fallout from the high court decision to declare the 2015 ANC provincial conference in KwaZulu-Natal unlawful, Mkhize appealed to party members to refrain from any action that would worsen tension. "Whether or not we were wronged or feel angry, we can still correct this," he said at an AHI business forum meeting in Durban on Wednesday. "The ANC cannot be governed by the courts or through the courts. It has to govern itself," he said, noting that the victors and losers in the provincial leadership battle were "all part and parcel of the same family". If the leadership battle was allowed to fester in KwaZulu-Natal, instability could spread further into the government, he warned. "I am quite confident that the national leadership will be coming ...
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