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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: ANC Women's League members during a march in support of Jacob Zuma at Sasolburg in the Free State. Pic: Len Kumalo Circa September 2008 © Sowetan.

 We will not nominate a woman for president just for the sake of the nomination 

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ANCWL spokeswoman Troy Martens said in a statement that it would not elect a woman president just for the sake of a nomination.

This was after Sowetan reported how the ANCWL in Mpumalanga had stated that the league support President Jacob Zuma's re-election.

"We will not nominate a woman for president just for the sake of the nomination. That would be extremely unstrategic.

"The women in the ANC need to come from a branch level upwards, then we will begin to see real change in the organisation," Martens said

"We say the time is not right currently, not because we don't have capable leaders ... however the WL currently needs to assist in healing and unifying the organisation," she said.

"We believe at this point, continuity will assist in achieving this goal."

Meanwhile, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) said yesterday that it was disappointed with the stance taken by the Mpumalanga ANC Women's League.

The commission accused the league of capitulating to the power of patriarchy and has called on the league's national office to distance itself from provincial secretary Clara Ndlovu's statement.

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Oct 11, 2012

warry

What a nice idea, heal them ladies but make sure condoms are available. Take good care of them after mangaung, massage, cook, clean, aaahhh life is so nice. Shed some weight so you put that sexy lingerie while he is lying in bed he will forget mangaung.
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Oct 11, 2012

Showerhead

another failed league of the ANC. this one shld never exist in actual fact must die or be dissolved it does not have vision or mandate
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Oct 11, 2012

Traveljunie

nothing to defend, you are still living in the old ages thinking men are number 1. Look where Zuma got us!

Can you Google Malawi president? Catch a wake up. Or do still believe in the arhaic ways of black tradition?
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Oct 11, 2012

Pointman

I think it was a good decision for now. The situation is too complicated now to ponder niceties like a woman president. It is more important to keep out the Malema doofus connections for now.
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Oct 11, 2012

Vhamsanda

The ANCWL did what is right , perpetuate partriachy and continue moaning of oppression.
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Oct 11, 2012

TheWill1

Bayekeleni omama bathanda umshini ka zuma
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Oct 11, 2012

RobinH

Oh my, this morning's edition promises a laugh a minute. There's this display of absolute pathos. There's the marvellous item suggesting that Nkandla development costing may be inflated. There's the ever-so-surprising (NOT!!) item on On Point tenders being off point. All in all a day of mirth and absurdity in the paper.
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Oct 11, 2012

Flemza

I have lost respect for this thing called Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) , what has Mpumalanga ANC women league done wrong , this a democratic country and ANC being a champion of democracy , the Mpumalanga ANC women league has the right to choose who ever they want , and by the look of things , just like the majority of us progressive South African , its best to have contunuenity , the president is doing his best under the circumstances and this thing the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) does not see that , but I`m not suprised , what have they done anyway for this country or for the poor
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Oct 11, 2012

Hail

Oh come on woman! you have been healing and unifying the organization for the past years. Baya uthanda nyani!
They still enjoying to be at the kitchen.
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Oct 11, 2012

RobinH

Flemza: " president is doing his best under the circumstances " .... Is that even a valid attempt at an excuse: If a sheep were in that position, one could say much the same, but would one want to retain that sheep as leader?
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