SPECIAL MEETING
ANC to hold talks on KZN judgment
There is concern the judgment that declared the KwaZulu-Natal leadership unlawful could derail the ANC’s national elective conference in December
The ANC will hold a special national executive committee meeting on Monday to decide on the way forward after the election of its KwaZulu-Natal leadership was declared unlawful. The meeting takes place amid disagreement between the party’s national office and the now defunct provincial leadership over whether to appeal against the court judgment. There is concern that the judgment, which was a blow to the faction aligned to President Jacob Zuma, could derail the ANC’s national elective conference in December. The province has 15 days to appeal and the next scheduled national executive committee meeting takes place only at the end of September. This comes as two other ANC regions — the North West and the Eastern Cape — battled the party in court this week. On Thursday, ANC national spokesman Zizi Kodwa said that Monday’s special meeting would deal only with the KwaZulu-Natal judgment. Business Day reported on Tuesday that one possibility was for a provincial task team to be set up to...
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