Twenty two African National Congress (ANC) branches in the North West have been instructed to re-run their Branch General Meetings (BGM).
This has been recommended by the party’s dispute resolution committee. A high level ANC delegation has been in the province to resolve challenges that arose from the BGMs.
About 97 % of the branches have finalised nominations for ANC leaders to be elected at the party’s conference next month.
It was the last day for branches to raise concerns among them the Dr Kenneth Kaunda region.
ANC provincial secretary, Dakota Legoete, says, “It’s about 22 branches that we need to re-run, so we will be finalising those branches. We were given until Wednesday by the national committee to finalise those branches.”
A high level delegation from the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters has been adjudicating the disputes.
ANC NEC member, David Mahlobo, says, “We are looking forward to a very peaceful conference, that will be able to make decisions around policies, but also elect a united leadership and a number of branches that we engaged here there is a lot of willingness to deal with our issues internally.”
But the Matlosane and Ventersdorp branches are still aggrieved. Mogapi Marumo of ward 24 Matlosane.
“For them to end up threatening us saying that if we are going to the media again that means we will be charged, it comes to a point that there are people who don’t care about the ANC at all but what they have to do or have to achieve.”
On the other hand Tebogo Kok says of ward 30 Ventersdorp says, “We don’t have a branch in good standing we never quorated, we tried on many occasions to have a branch launched and then we were surprised today to hear people saying they are secretaries some of them saying they are chairpersons, deputy chairs and deputy secretaries.”
The North West provincial general council is scheduled for this Friday. That’s when the branches will finally pronounce on their preferred candidates for the ANC’s top national leadership.
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