ANC Youth League elects provincial leaders

AFTERbeing without leadership since 2009, the ANC Youth League in the Western Cape finally has a new elected provincial structure.

The ANCYL held its provincial elective conference in Oudtshoorn at the weekend where it elected the league’s provincial convener, Muhammad Khalid Sayed, as its new provincial chairman.

Sayed received 171 votes while his opposition Sifiso Mtsweni, the Southern Cape chairman, got 70 votes.

Others elected to the league’s provincial leadership structure include, newly elected deputy chairman Tuhuso Mpulanyna, secretary Andile Mbali, his deputy is Merissa van Rensburg, while the treasurer is Wela Dlulane.

Despite several objections over the launching of branches in the build up to the conference, the election of the league’s leadership structure went off relatively smoothly.

Sayed has climbed the ladder within the league structures since its disbandment in 2009.

Recently the Rylands youngster caused a stir at the ANC’s 103rd birthday celebration in Cape Town, when he addressed a packed stadium, urging the revival of the league’s militancy and vibrancy in line with the Freedom Charter.

Sayed said his main goal now was to focus on ensuring that the ANC’s youth league was grounded in the daily struggles of young people in the province.

“We will also want the league to become a critical body of opinion inside the ANC. We should be the leaders in driving forward the interest of all youths in the province.”

ANC’s Western Cape leader Marius Fransman congratulated the league on holding a successful conference.