Monday, December 11, 2017

ANC LEADERS SAY FREE STATE CONFERENCE WITHIN SPIRIT OF THE PARTY
Ace Magashule was re-elected on Monday night with Paseka Nompondo as his deputy.

The newly elected ANC Free State top five leadership. Picture: @ANCFS /Twitter

Clement Manyathela
Eyewitness News

PARYS - The African National Congress (ANC)'s national leaders have endorsed the Free State ANC elective conference which re-elected Ace Magashule unopposed, saying that the gathering was held "within the spirit of the ANC".

This while disgruntled party members are preparing to head to court, to try and nullify the conference and interdict all provincial delegates from attending the national elective conference this weekend.

Magashule was re-elected on Monday night with Paseka Nompondo as his deputy after the now-former deputy chairperson Thabo Manyoni rejected nomination in his absence from the gathering.

William Bulwane was re-elected as secretary, Mamiki Qabathe as his deputy and Mosebenzi Zwane as treasurer-general.

Magashule continued his run as the longest-serving provincial chairperson.

But what will his election mean if Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma emerges as ANC president this weekend, making Magashule the national secretary-general?

Re-elected provincial secretary William Bulwana says they will make a plan.

David Mahlobo, Lindiwe Zulu and Malusi Gigaba were national executive committee (NEC) deployments at the conference and despite some branches boycotting the gathering, the NEC leaders have described it as an ambience of unity.

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