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“The provincial elective conference of Free State province of the African National Congress held at Parys on 21-23 June 2012 and its decisions and resolutions are declared unlawful and invalid,” the judgment said.

The Constitutional Court appeal was led by ANC member Mpho Ramakatsa and five others, who wanted the PEC dissolved.

They challenged the validity of the PEC in court last month, claiming elections at branch level were irregular and that “parallel” branches were trying to manipulate the outcome of the party’s conference.

The ANC will hold its 53rd national conference in Mangaung from Sunday to Friday. At the conference, the PECs of each province will formally nominate and elect the party’s new leaders.

At court, Ramakatsa’s group wore T-shirts bearing the names of the candidates they would wanted submitted for nomination at the Mangaung conference. They are: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe for president, Mathews Phosa for deputy, Fikile Mbalula for secretary-general, Thenjiwe Mtintso for deputy secretary general, Thandi Modise for chairwoman and Tokyo Sexwale for treasurer general.

The PEC declared invalid by the court had selected President Jacob Zuma for a second term as party president, with no votes for Motlanthe.

The ANC has already had to rerun its PEC conferences in Limpopo and the Western Cape, after they collapsed.

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Wed May 22 11:49:58 SAST 2013 ::

Dec 14, 2012

Dubul'Amanzi

So the former Chirperson "Magashule"
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Dec 14, 2012

Hosinkulu

big blow for showerhead boys
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Dec 14, 2012

swona

shower head n gang r such an imbarasment! wish Kgalema moer them in Mangaung!
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Dec 14, 2012

skwamasamabele

Si if it was invalid, why did the NEC allow the motion of letting it go ahead unconstitutionally?? Its too close to call now the Conference is underway
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Dec 14, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

But if Zuma wins Ace'll remain,he's not that bad the only thing he can throw away is favouritism.
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Dec 14, 2012

joyful

ANC once again wasting court time - we have criminals still to be tried before court, victims needing closure........

while ANC waste court time on their differences!
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Dec 14, 2012

PAPARAZ

skwamasamabele
Si if it was invalid, why did the NEC allow the motion of letting it go ahead unconstitutionally?? Its too close to call now the Conference is underway

this is a banana republic bra, with Maungaung, we would loose many people before and after, it is a wealth fight here. Suma must just tell his allies to start a new business and forget about politics because in politics one minute count.
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Dec 14, 2012

Nzule

Hence Mantashe must go as well!
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Dec 14, 2012

Dzel

Sowetan you really know how to summarise a story, a bit more detail including more quotes from more people would be appreciated.
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Dec 14, 2012

MAWARAWARA

@Nzule
Hence Mantashe must go as well!
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your avata says a lot about your comment
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