ANC faces further woes after Ekurhuleni conference set aside
Possibility of the ruling party losing power in the metro at 2024 elections ‘is not far-fetched’, analyst says
18 July 2023 - 19:02
A court ruling setting aside the ANC’s Ekurhuleni regional elective congress earlier this year could have “serious implications” for the ruling party as it prepares for the watershed 2024 provincial and national elections amid waning support, according to a political analyst.
The high court in Johannesburg on Monday set aside all decisions and resolutions taken at the congress held at Fourways in May 2022, after a group of disgruntled ANC members successfully argued some ANC branches were disqualified from the conference in a manner that was procedurally unfair and irregular...
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