The case by disgruntled ANC members from Limpopo has been struck off the roll by the Johannesburg High Court.
The group argues that the outgoing Provincial leadership should have been replaced by a task team to prepare for conference because the current PEC’s mandate lapsed in February.
“The urgency is intertwined in the merits. After listening to both parties, the order I’m going to give under the circumstances is that the matter is not urgent and consequently it is struck off the roll with costs,” said Judge Nana Makhubela.
A group of disgruntled ANC members had filed an urgent interdict to stop the gathering from going ahead. But after long deliberation sitting at the High Court in Johannesburg, the conference is going ahead without any other known threat.
Earlier ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule, asked party members to put aside their differences, urging unity to ensure victory in the 2019 national general election.
Advocate Dali Mpofu representing the disgruntled members had argued that continuing with the conference will have irreversible consequences for the people of that province.
Magashule called on the ANC branches to consider charging members who continue to take the party to court.
The conference got off to a slow start on Friday due to lengthily registration.
It continued while urgent application was heard.
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