ANC delays KZN elective conference as chaos reigns in several branches
But an ANC leader from Umlazi township is adamant that the provincial elective conference cannot happen at all under the current conditions
The ANC’s pending elective conference in KwaZulu-Natal — which was scheduled to take place this coming weekend — has been postponed for at least a week. But not all ANC structures are happy about this, as some believe the party in the province is still threatened by assassinations, general instability, gatekeeping and other factors that would render such a conference "neither credible nor free and fair". ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule announced on Tuesday that the party’s highest decision making body, the national executive committee (NEC), had decided to hold off on the KwaZulu-Natal elective conference. He said the party had deployed a number of NEC members, led by deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, to visit problematic regions such as Harry Gwala, Moses Mabhida and the Lower South Coast, which are yet to convene regional general meetings in preparation for the provincial conference. "The other eight have been audited after holding their meetings. We have sent a delegati...
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