As KZN ANC goes rogue, December conference may be threatened
At the 2015 conference‚ Zikalala defeated former chair Senzo Mchunu for the top position. Mchunu has come out strongly backing Ramaphosa‚ while Zikalala backs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal looks set for a battle royale against its parent body as the fallout over Tuesday's court case continued on Wednesday afternoon‚ threatening to tear apart an already fractured province. The provincial leagues have dismissed the possibility of the December conference being delayed by the decision. This despite ANC treasurer general, Zweli Mkhize, admitting that there was a "real concern" that a delay was possible. "But it's a concern that the leadership is taking into account‚" he said. The party's national executive committee (NEC) said in the wake of the court decision - which ruled that the ANC KZN 2015 conference was unlawfully constituted and its elected officials invalid‚ effectively rendering the province leaderless and in disarray - that it would step in and decide whether it would allow their provincial counterparts to appeal. Mkhize‚ said the provincial body had to "submit" to the NEC‚ which would "take responsibility" for the situation. But at a he...
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