The NEC agreed that: • The National Policy Conference will take place on the 26th-29th June 2012 at Gallagher Estate. • The total delegation for the Policy Conference is 3554. • The Policy Conference is part of the preparations for the 53rd National Conference. • The 53rd National Conference will take place on the 16th-20th December 2012 in Mangaung. • The total delegation for the National Conference is 5000. • The National Coordinating Committee be established and chaired by the Secretary General. This Committee will be responsible for the preparations of both the Policy Conference and the National Conference. All Provincial Secretaries and Secretaries of the Leagues will form part of the NCC. • The NCC should have task teams convened by NEC members, to which all Leagues should send participants. They are as follows: Logistics by Comradede Thandi Modise (DSG); Finances by Comrade Mathew Phosa (T-G); Communications by Comrade Jackson Mthembu; Drafting Committee by Comrade Jeff Radebe; Safety and Security by Comrade Siphiwe Nyanda; Protocol by Comrade Lindiwe Zulu.
■ POLICY DOCUMENTS Having received presentations of the draft policy documents it was agreed that: • Greater emphasis must be placed on the implementation of policy. • All documents should be further improved and presented to the NEC before they are circulated to ANC branches for discussions. • A Special NEC has been convened for the 27 of February 2012 to urgently consider all the documents with a view of releasing them to our branches, regions and provinces. The documents will also after release, be available for our Alliance partners and the general South African Populase for comments. • The Strategy and Tactics document should be beefed up, and the current document should be circulated among all NEC members to enable them to prepare for the Special NEC meeting where it will be discussed. • A discussion document on Building a Vibrant ANC, and a Capable State will be presented to the Special NEC following a workshop of the Provincial Secretaries; Secretaries of the Leagues and Subcommittees of Organisation Building and Campaigns, Legislature and Governance and Political Education on the matter. Source: ANC website
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