THE ANC in KwaZulu-Natal wants the membership of the party's National Executive Committee to be reduced from 88 to 66.
This is one of the proposals it would be taking to its provincial congress in May and ultimately to its national congress in Mangaung later this year.
Provincial secretary Sihle Zikalala said: "The NEC is the highest decision-making body and we believe that people serving in it must be loyal and have integrity. The ANC must revisit the composition of its structures to ensure that it responds to the current tasks of our revolution.
"We should reduce the ANC NEC from 88 to 66 members, which will help build integrity of the NEC as the highest organ in between conferences. At the moment, we have situations where the media knows about ANC agenda even before the meeting starts because some NEC members are representatives of the media and are not committed members of the ANC."
He said the reduction will also see the party dealing with factionalism.
"We have seen good leaders being left out and people who know nothing coming from nowhere to get elected to the position because of factionalism," Zikalala said.
The provincial lekgotla during the weekend was attended by all members of the Provincial Executive Council, ANC leagues, ANC regional executive committees, the South African Communist Party, Cosatu, Sanco, Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA, ANC mayors and speakers.
The party also wants President Jacob Zuma to scrap the tender system because it is "corruptible".
"The state should build its own capacity (and) not rely on the external capacity to deliver its services. We call on the government to take charge of the implementation of this infrastructure programme ...
"There's nothing that prevents government from establishing institutions that will do work instead of being dependent on tender system. Procurement and tender system is not working because it is corruptible and is manipulated," said Zikalala.
This proposal comes barely a week after 10 ANC councillors, including two serving in the executive council, were implicated in corruption within the eThekwini municipality.
Meanwhile, there was a rumour that ANC spokesman and Scopa chairman Makhosi Khoza had resigned. She was among the candidates tipped to take over the position of eThekwini municipal manager but she withdrew from the race on the 11th hour.
The party refused to comment.
Membership of ANC NEC 'should be reduced'
THE ANC in KwaZulu-Natal wants the membership of the party's National Executive Committee to be reduced from 88 to 66.
This is one of the proposals it would be taking to its provincial congress in May and ultimately to its national congress in Mangaung later this year.
Provincial secretary Sihle Zikalala said: "The NEC is the highest decision-making body and we believe that people serving in it must be loyal and have integrity. The ANC must revisit the composition of its structures to ensure that it responds to the current tasks of our revolution.
"We should reduce the ANC NEC from 88 to 66 members, which will help build integrity of the NEC as the highest organ in between conferences. At the moment, we have situations where the media knows about ANC agenda even before the meeting starts because some NEC members are representatives of the media and are not committed members of the ANC."
He said the reduction will also see the party dealing with factionalism.
"We have seen good leaders being left out and people who know nothing coming from nowhere to get elected to the position because of factionalism," Zikalala said.
The provincial lekgotla during the weekend was attended by all members of the Provincial Executive Council, ANC leagues, ANC regional executive committees, the South African Communist Party, Cosatu, Sanco, Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA, ANC mayors and speakers.
The party also wants President Jacob Zuma to scrap the tender system because it is "corruptible".
"The state should build its own capacity (and) not rely on the external capacity to deliver its services. We call on the government to take charge of the implementation of this infrastructure programme ...
"There's nothing that prevents government from establishing institutions that will do work instead of being dependent on tender system. Procurement and tender system is not working because it is corruptible and is manipulated," said Zikalala.
This proposal comes barely a week after 10 ANC councillors, including two serving in the executive council, were implicated in corruption within the eThekwini municipality.
Meanwhile, there was a rumour that ANC spokesman and Scopa chairman Makhosi Khoza had resigned. She was among the candidates tipped to take over the position of eThekwini municipal manager but she withdrew from the race on the 11th hour.
The party refused to comment.
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