The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal wants the party’s National Elective Conference to elect inclusive leadership that will reflect all sides.
The party in the province says it will also lobby for time frame as to when the State Bank and other key conference resolutions on governance to form part of the resolutions.
The establishment of the State Bank has never seen the light despite the party’s 2012 Mangaung National conference.
KwaZulu-Natal has warned against what it calls “the winner takes all attitude”, saying the party must draw lessons from mistakes that happened during the party’s 52nd Polokwane conference where one faction swept all positions leaving the other faction out in the cold.
This is also what some political analysts believe resulted in the formation of COPE.
According to Provincial ANC chairperson Sihle Zikalala, those who would not make it to the party’s top six should feature in the additional members.
This should include, explained Zikalala, his rival Senzo Mchunu who features in Cyril Ramaphosa’s slate and Zweli Mkhize who is also one of the presidential hopefuls.
“Ours is to support Cde Nkosazana as the president but we would like to see comrade Zweli playing a role in the NEC, equally our view is that comrade Senzo Mchunu must be part of the NEC because of his contribution in the movement.”
Among the views carried by the province to the national conference is the acceleration of establishment of the state bank which has never seen the light despite resolutions taken at the party’s Mangaung National Conference in 2012.
Zikalala says they will lobby that time frames be attached to some of the resolutions that will be taken at the conference to avoid what he calls lack of political will to implement some party decisions by those serving in government.
“If there was a cadre of the ANC understanding the resolution of the ANC on the question of the state bank the cadre of the ANC as a minister of finance would have been to review the Banks Act and ensure that the act allow the state to own a bank, yet it is five years after that resolution.”
The province wants the conference to re-affirm and take a decisive decision as to when free higher education to the poor will be implemented.
The province will also lobby for the amendment of certain clauses in the ANC constitution.
This include rule 17.2.1 which the Pietermaritzburg high court based its ruling when it nullified the 2015 provincial conference.
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