RANJENI MUNUSAMY: So, what was the ANC policy conference all about?
Factional battles meant few decisions were taken
After a bruising six-day meeting‚ the ANC has batted most of the contentious issues such as land‚ the Mining Charter and its organisational design back to its branches. While decisions at the national policy conference were not binding and subject to approval by the December national elective conference‚ factional divides prevented firm outcomes on many issues of contention. There was a hard push from supporters of President Jacob Zuma for a decision on the redistribution of land without compensation‚ which would necessitate a change to the constitution. But according to the ANC’s economic transformation subcommittee head‚ Enoch Godongwana‚ both this proposal and the current system of redistribution with compensation remain on the table for debate by branches. Zuma‚ however‚ hinted in his closing address that there could be legislative changes for expropriation without compensation. “We agree that using the fiscus for land redistribution must be accompanied by other measures if we a...
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