Court battle in Limpopo not over for ANC
Turmoil deepens in the governing party’s provincial structures as a fresh court challenge emerges
The ANC’s Limpopo conference faces a second court challenge, for legitimacy, despite earlier litigation being struck off the roll by the High Court in Pretoria at the weekend. This would make it the fourth successive ANC provincial conference to be challenged in court. ANC provincial structures have been in turmoil since before the party’s national elective conference in December. Last week, a group of disgruntled ANC members in the Free State approached the High Court in Bloemfontein to nullify the province’s elective conference in May. The matter is expected to be heard on July 9. Meanwhile, the party’s KwaZulu-Natal elective conference was interdicted from going ahead by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg. It nullified the 2015 conference in 2017. Another group in the Eastern Cape approached the High Court in Johannesburg to order the implementation of a report about the 2017 provincial conference. This conference turned violent and some delegates walked out, though the leadershi...
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