The ANC will first discuss constitutional amendments and agree on them before it elects new leaders in December. One of the critical amendments proposed was on the election of individuals in the top six positions, creating space for the losing candidate to be nominated in a deputy position. At the ANC’s 2015 national general council (NGC), it was proposed that to break the power of slates, the losing presidential candidate should be able to stand for deputy president. This applied to the secretary-general position as well. This was also raised by President Jacob Zuma at the 2017 national policy conference. It remains to be seen whether ANC delegates will be willing to break with tradition and allow this to happen. If the amendment is adopted, each official will be voted for separately, with nominations from the floor reopened each time. ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday this was how voting would be arranged for the top six positions even before the amendments we...
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