Despite having the second-biggest delegation, the Eastern Cape managed to get just six members elected onto the ANC Youth League’s powerful national executive committee at the league’s national congress at Nasrec, in Johannesburg, at the weekend.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the ruling party's youth formation for eventually concluding a successful elective conference after an eight-year hiatus.
Judging by the chaotic scenes at the registration centre of delegates for the ANCYL national congress yesterday, the next three days might turn Nasrec into a war zone.
Despite the Twitterati's outrage at government ineptitude, when it comes to the crunch we are all too eager to forgive our politicians, writes Makhudu Sefara.