The ANC top brass are to meet the KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive committee on Friday‚ a PEC member has confirmed — and the provincial leadership could be disbanded and an interim task team put in place. The national working committee‚ which includes the ANC’s top six officials‚ is expected to visit the provincial leadership. It was also possible‚ a senior source said‚ that the leadership in KwaZulu-Natal would be disbanded and an interim task team put in place. But topping the agenda will be the PEC’s resolve to forge ahead with an appeal of their case at the Supreme Court of Appeal. This follows a potentially devastating ruling on Tuesday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court that nullified the 2015 provincial elective conference‚ effectively rendering the leadership elected there illegitimate. While officials in KwaZulu-Natal were adamant that they would appeal‚ they were told to stand down by secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and the national executive committee until after a mee...
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