ANC s Musa Dladla Region refutes walk out claims zululandobserver.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zululandobserver.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Saturday Mashatile backtracked, telling journalists the party would hear from the presidency if Ramaphosa would be free to attend the event - this at odds with his confident response the previous day - claiming that Ramaphosa was indeed set to arrive and address the conference.
Following a delayed start, the sticky point of credentials – which often results in conferences being delayed by days, has passed at a relatively seamless gathering of ANC members in KZN.
Zikalala will face off with Siboniso Duma for chair - while secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli will fight it out with Bheki Mtolo for control of the ANC’s engine room - in the party s biggest province.