An economist with at least 10 years of experience in top positions in the ANC or a businessman with a town planner background who is passionate about economic transformation in the Eastern Cape.
The SACP was urged to contest the next local government elections at a memorial lecture in honour of the party’s general secretary and liberation struggle icon Chris Hani at Kariega’s community hall on Thursday.
All eight of the province’s regions have held their elective conferences, with its branches now sitting for general meetings, which will nominate potential leadership.