POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: ANC leaders prep for election
With Parliament now in recess, all eyes turn to Luthuli House and Nasrec
The build-up to the ANC’s 54th national conference kicks off in earnest this week, beginning with a meeting of the party’s national executive committee to iron out final preparations for the elective gathering, which will start on December 16. With Parliament now in recess, all eyes turn to Luthuli House and Nasrec, where the gathering will be held.
The national executive committee meeting takes place after a flurry of provincial general councils, at which seven provinces announced the preferences for leadership of the majority of their branches. The last two provinces, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, will hold their general councils on Monday and Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal is the largest province and is set to pronounce on MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its preferred president. However, delegates from the province who will attend the December conference and back Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to boycott the provincial council in Durban...
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