As ANC top officials on Monday faced up to a deadline to nullify the newly elected leadership in the Eastern Cape, a party member in the Free State was preparing to approach the High Court in an urgent bid to have the provincial executive committee (PEC) disbanded. The ANC is facing court challenges on various fronts against the legitimacy of its structures a mere two months before its national elective conference in December. The ANC in the Free State has confirmed that its provincial congress will take place from December 1-3, as part of a High Court order handed down on Friday. ANC Free State spokesman Thabo Meeko said they had planned to hold the conference in November, but that they will abide with the court’s dates.
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