WC ANC leaders await fate
PEC members to know if they still have their jobs
ANC Western Cape leadership will have to wait one more week to know of their fate after the party’s top brass failed to make a final decision following a two-day, fact-finding mission.
Led by President Jacob Zuma‚ the ANC’s top six‚ accompanied by the party’s national working committee (NWC)‚ on Sunday visited all six of the Western Cape regions.
Yesterday‚ the party met with the Western Cape leadership to discuss their findings.
They had visited the Western Cape in a bid to deal with the party’s division after leaders from four regions called for the disbandment of the provincial leadership.
The call was prompted by a decision by the provincial executive committee to disband the biggest region‚ the Dullah Omar region‚ which encompasses the Cape Town Metro.
But following the two-day visit‚ party leaders are still in the dark on whether the disbandment of the Dullah Omar region stands or if the PEC will be sacked.
Addressing the media in Cape Town following the meeting‚ secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the party will need two more days to deal with the issues raised.
“The NWC is here now. We spent two days [and] we got feedback from the regions about the state and the health of the organisation‚” he said.
“Today we met the PEC where we got their own report after receiving the reports from the regions. We couldn’t finish our business because we wanted details‚ we didn’t want to suppress any ideas‚” Mantashe said yesterday.
He said next week they would listen to everybody and they didn’t want any member to feel distorted by the reports.
“We want to rebuild the ANC in the Western Cape and be strong enough to be a contestant that is serious in 2019 in this province.”
He said they were still in a process and would make a determination after their process was finished on the disbandment of Dullah Omar region.
The divisions in the province are linked to the national ANC elective congress as the Dullah Omar region is seen to be backing Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the next president, while many in the PEC are reportedly supporting Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to take over the top job.