Women ready to lead ANC, says Ntombela
THE TIME is right for a woman to lead the ANC, Women’s League deputy president Sesi Ntombela told the organisation’s North West elective conference in Brits.
“It has been 105 years that we elected men (to lead); we even sing songs about them. It is our time now,” she said.
“We need women, we want to build this organisation –105 years and we do not have a woman president.”
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was “one of them”, but this time they wanted a woman president.
“This is our time, we do not just want an ordinary woman. We want Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. She is not just a woman, she is educated.”
The ANC is expected to open its succession debate in September.
Cosatu and the SACP have openly backed Ramaphosa to lead the ANC, in line with the ANC tradition that the deputy president becomes the president.
Similarly, the ANCWL has on several occasions expressed its support for Dlamini Zuma, a former African Union Commission chairperson, to take over the position from her exhusband President Jacob Zuma at the ANC elective conference in December.
The new North West ANCWL leadership was elected unopposed at the conference. Fetsang Mokati retained her position as provincial chairwoman.
Her deputy is Mimo Nobatana, while Bridgette Mogakwe retained her position as provincial secretary. Her deputy is Bitsa Lenkopane and Manketse Tlhape was elected provincial treasurer. – ANA