Cape Town – The ANC has completed its investigation into its poor electoral performance in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, which led to a loss of support and the implementation of a Government of Provincial Unity (GPU).
The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting in Boksburg to decide the future of the provincial executive committees (PECs) in these regions.
Three options are being considered: maintaining the status quo, deploying reinforcements to the PECs, or making leadership and organisational changes.
Both provinces saw major losses in recent elections, with Gauteng receiving only 35% of the vote and KwaZulu-Natal 17%.
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the NEC will consider the option to dissolve the KZN and Gauteng structures.
The NEC is convening a meeting to decide the future of Provincial Executive Committees in both provinces after their poor performances in the May 2024… pic.twitter.com/cqoSMBHJET
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) January 18, 2025
ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri stated that the third option is to dissolve the two provincial structures.
“Today really is about putting finality to a matter that has been going on for some time following the National Working Committee’s visit to the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assess the state of organisation and look at some of the underlying factors behind the electoral outcomes,” EWN quoted Bhengu-Motsiri as saying.
Addressing the media, ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula said the decisions taken on KZN and Gauteng will first be first communicated to the structures in provinces before they are made public. @Scrolla.Africa @EversonLuhanga pic.twitter.com/eYr8GTsFj1
— Doreen Mokgolo (@Doreen_Mokgolo) January 18, 2025
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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said that the ANC would address the issue directly and cautioned against relying on “sources.
“We are aware that the media has so called ‘reliable sources’ who are always distorting what our meetings are saying. The ANC will never speak to them through sources,” he said, according to IOL.
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