Eastern Cape at Heart of ANC Spat

Eastern Cape at heart of ANC spat

The battle for control of the ANC in the Eastern Cape – pitting provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane against secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi – signals a fresh factional war, one that threatens to deepen the party’s long slide into self destruction after two decades of corrosive infighting. But this clash is less about the present than the future. It is not simply Mabuyane versus Ngcukayitobi, but a struggle over generational transition as the young lea…

ANC Eastern Cape turns to damage control after conference collapse

By Thapelo Molefe The ANC in the Eastern Cape was left trying to contain a mounting credibility crisis this weekend after legal disputes and internal divisions forced the indefinite postponement of its 10th provincial elective conference, derailing a leadership contest in one of the party’s most important strongholds. The conference, which was meant to elect a new provincial leadership, had already been placed in abeyance by ANC Secretary-Genera…

Mabuyane warns ANC divisions could weaken party’s national standing amid conference postponement

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has postponed its provincial conference amidst legal challenges and internal divisions, raising concerns about national stability