Re-elected ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane said leaders who contested against his slate would not be purged, but the ANC was going to assess the work its deployees had done in the provincial government and take action where necessary. In a conference marred by disputes and which took four days to conclude at the East London ICC, Mabuyane beat Babalo Madikizela by 150 votes after he was voted in by 812 delegates against Madikizela’s 662.