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ANC elects new NWC

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The ANC’s  (African National Congress) National Executive Committee (NEC) has has elected new members of the National Working Committee (NWC). Their  mandate is to carry out decisions of the NEC and ensure all ANC structures carry out their duties and functions.

The members include a mix of leaders belonging to factions both supporting and opposing newly elected party president Cyril Ramaphosa.

ANC MP and defeated presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma received the highest number of votes, along with Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

An outcry over the lack of gender equality in the party’s top six officials led to a strong lobby for women to be elected to the NWC. There are now 12 women ANC leaders and eight men on the NWC.

The NEC is also believed to have endorsed the decision to disband the PEC’s of the Free State and KwaZulu Natal.  The top leadership had recommended that these be dissolved in its earlier meeting.

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