The battle is far from over for the ANC as it struggles to stop its members from fighting the party in the courts. The ANC has given its provinces until end of this month to hold and conclude all conferences. On Wednesday, the High Court in Johannesburg dismissed a case by a group of disgruntled members. The group of 11 ANC members in Ekurhuleni had sought to interdict the Gauteng provincial conference, which kicks off on Friday. The case, which is the fifth provincial gathering challenged in court in recent months, was dismissed. The ANC in Gauteng welcomed the court’s decision to dismiss the matter with costs. Spokesman Motalatale Modiba said the province was "never in doubt" about its prospects of success in the case, dismissing it as an attempt to derail the provincial conference to take place over the weekend. The 11 members had sought to halt the provincial conference, or have the court bar the Ekurhuleni region from participating in it, as the group believed there were irreg...
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