Veterans to clean up ruling party

THE ANC should be led by members who are credible and not tainted by corruption.

This is if the stalwarts and veterans of the ANC who are signatories to the document “For the sake of our Future” have their way.

They made this call yesterday following their meeting with the representatives of the party’s national executive committee (NEC) at Luthuli House in Johannesburg.

This came as the pressure mounted on the ANC to convene a consultative conference.

“The conference will also need to discuss the selection and election of credible leaders – free of blemishes, factionalism and corruption based on the precepts expounded in the ANC document ‘through the eye of the Needle’.”

The delegation representing the ANC stalwarts and veterans consisted of Wally Serote, Sheila Sisulu, Sydney Mufamadi and Fazel Randera, while the ANC NEC was represented by deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, head of policy Jeff Radebe and treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize.

Meanwhile, “concerned” commissars and commanders of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association, led by general Siphiwe Nyanda, will convene a council on December 17 to tackle the challenges besetting the former liberation movement.