The fate of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal will be decided in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday. The court will pronounce on an appeal by the party’s provincial executive committee (PEC) against a legal challenge by a faction that lost at the 2015 conference. The high-profile case has seen thousands turn up to support warring ANC factions in the province. The matter was brought by ANC councillor Lawrence Dube and four others in May 2016‚ following results that saw former premier Senzo Mchunu being ousted as provincial chairperson and replaced by Sihle Zikalala. The applicants claimed the conference was not only held prematurely‚ but that it was riddled with irregularities and that the results were rigged. Both factions said on Wednesday that they fancied their chances in the legal challenge.
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