NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
KwaZulu-Natal crisis the top concern at ANC's special meeting
The ANC’s special national executive committee (NEC) meeting this weekend will have to deal with the severe problems facing a number of the party’s provinces — most notably its largest, KwaZulu-Natal. The province’s elective conference was stopped from taking place at the weekend when a disgruntled group of ANC members approached the High Court in Pietermaritzburg to have it interdicted. KwaZulu-Natal has been without leadership since the same court in 2017 nullified its 2015 elective conference after finding some irregularities. The past weekend was meant to be a rerun of that conference. The ANC’s national working committee on Monday received a report on the province.
Party spokesman Pule Mabe said the issues raised would now be taken to the special NEC meeting. "What is important is to be able to find an amicable resolve on the issues that are there in the shortest time possible so that the province can hold a conference and have leadership and prepare for immediate tasks,"...
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