ANC PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Supra Mahumapelo makes early comeback in North West election task team
Deposed premier of the ANC in the North West, Supra Mahumapelo, has made an early comeback to the province’s politics, as part of the task team to lead it into the 2019 election. The task team is to focus on the "transition period" until new leaders for the province are elected. It will also oversee preparations for the election. Mahumapelo was removed as North West premier in May after protests against him, mostly by ANC members in the province. The provincial executive committee, which he chairs, was dissolved in August. On Thursday ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule announced a 32-member mixed bag of the warring factions in the province, which included Mahumapelo. Magashule admitted that the ANC was worried about the party’s possible poor showing in the province in 2019. This prompted it to "bring together" the warring factions ahead of the polls, he said. The ANC posted heavy losses in the 2016 local government election, when its support dropped to 59%, from a high of 75% in th...
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