• Tweet

UPBEAT: ANC members dance and sing as they gear up for the elective conference in Mangaung, Free State, in December. PHOTO: ALON SKUY

RELATED ARTICLES

• Mbalula denies making Zuma comments
• Mbeki concerned about ANC leaders
• ANC struggle now a deadly scramble for spoils
• 'ANC is not ready for a female president'

Most ANC branches have held meetings to nominate their leaders ahead of the provincial nomination conferences scheduled to sit at the end of November.

But both Zuma and Motlanthe seem to have pockets of overwhelming support that might lead to provincial nomination conferences having to vote for their preferred candidates. Those nominated, including Zuma and Motlanthe, will only accept nomination in December at the Mangaung conference.

So far in the Greater Johannesburg Region, Sowetan understands that eight branches have nominated Motlanthe for president. These include Ward 98 in Randburg though Ward 104 (Bramfischer), also in Randburg, nominated Zuma.

But a different picture has emerged in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. In the Alfred Nzo Region, spokesman Monwabisi Mahlaba said "80%" of the branches that had already nominated had opted to re-elect the current top six, with Zuma and Motlanthe as president and deputy president, respectively.

"Branches are saying they want continuity of the current leadership. More than 80% of the branches that have completed nominations have expressed this view," he said.

In KwaZulu-Natal, known to be a Zuma power base, the president is understood to be in a comfortable position.

Sowetan understands that six branches have given Zuma the nod to return for another five years as leader of the ANC. In the same branches, former ANC Youth League president Malusi Gigaba has emerged as a strong candidate for a top-six position.

Comments

• Sign in or sign up to comment

Tue May 21 19:38:03 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 24, 2012

warry

Hohohohooooo!!!! Let the game begin. I promise they won't be change in mangaung.
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

Dubul'Amanzi

@ warry IS that what you want?No change?
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

Dubul'Amanzi

Malusi Gigaba oh God please not this man..
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

RobinHH

Stupid counting of chickens before they are even in the pen. There is NO WAY this can be predicted through these silly daily polls, so why keep stoking the fires? Let the delegates vote without this pathetic fanfare of raspberries.
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

"Branches are saying they want continuity of the current leadership."


And the future of South Africa is in the hands of these ANC branches.
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

Dubul'Amanzi

Morning Robin who do you support?
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

Pointman

Malusi Gigaba - He had some very flowery things to say about that criminal Brett Kebble - like they were blood brothers. And he received favours from him too which he did not return after it was revealed it came from stolen loot. - imagine him being in a leadership position. In a real democracy......
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

Pointman

No real change after the disaster of the last five years - so broken schools, high crime, corruption will continue - apologies to the fiuture generations.
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

RobinHH

Dubul> I have no interest whatsoever in party politics. I am aligned to no-one and support none of these sorry excuses for leadership. Let me hasten to add that I feel the same about ALL the popliticians on our landscape regardless of party.
Report Abuse

Oct 24, 2012

jerico

the beging of the END in the ANC is upon us.
Report Abuse

Read all 216 comments