Gauteng ANC chairman Paul Mashatile, who wants a "unity" outcome at the ANC national elective conference, says his push is not about getting agreement on one leader but on a set of leaders for the greater good of the organisation. The drive for unity comes as the two main camps square up for a final week of campaigning before the conference begins on Saturday — without either completely confident that they have victory in the bag. The notion of unity has been associated with specific candidates since President Jacob Zuma had met chairmen and secretaries two weeks ago to push them to talk about the potential for consensus leadership ahead of the ANC’s 54th national conference. Mashatile told Business Day the unity talks were about ensuring that the elective conference brought about a leadership that could unite the ANC as an organisation.
"Unity is not a person; when we talk about unity we mean the unity of the ANC, so we must go to this conference and elect a leadership collec...
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