The 2017 ANC elective conference was balanced on a knife’s edge. What the recent ANC Eastern Cape conference revealed is that the possibility exists that the 2022 conference could provide the same close contestation writes Kelvin Knowles.
After the dust settled from the tumultuous ANC provincial elective conference, the political landscape has shifted considerably, with some of the province’s most prominent politicians left out in the cold while new faces are ready to step up and take up the mantle. Councillor Nanziwe Rulashe, who just months ago was physically dragged out of the Amathole district municipality offices, and controversial former Bay councillor Andile Lungisa, were two of the big winners who ascended to the part.
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Andile Lungisa is the only member that was contesting on the Babalo Madikizela slate that has made it on to the new ANC Eastern Cape executive committee. The list was read out by ANC National Spokesperson Pule Mabe during a media briefing on Tuesday morning. Lungisa is ranked at number 30 on the list and is the last member to make the list.
Bolstered by the resounding win of ally Oscar Mabuyane at the ANC’s Eastern Cape elective conference, party president Cyril Ramaphosa is ready for the national conference in December when he will seek a second term.