ANC to reconfigure KZN, Gauteng leadership structures next week

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Cape Town — A team of African National Congress (ANC) national officials will compile a list of names next Monday that will from the party’s reconfigured leadership in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN).

ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, said the national officials would meet on Monday next week following the National Executive Committee (NEC) lekgotla this weekend. The meeting comes after the party decided to reconfigure its leadership in the two provinces following poor performances during the 2024 general elections.

The ANC in KZN and Gauteng went from more than 50% support in each province to just 17% and 35% respectively. The NEC said that not taking action against leadership was not an option, and agreed that non-action would lead to a similar situation in the Western Cape, TimesLIVE reported.

The decision to reconfigure the leadership means the two provinces would be led by different leaders at the executive level and the provincial executive committees (PECs are likely to be converted to provincial task teams.

Announcing the decision on Monday, Mbalula said reconfiguration meant “we are going to tamper with the leadership of the ANC [in KZN and Gauteng]”.

“I know the buzzword you like is dissolution. Others like reinforcement. Overall it’s a combination of the two,” said Mbalula.

The party said the NEC had agreed that whatever changes are made to the provincial leadership would not affect government, meaning Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi was likely to be part of the reconfigured leadership.

The two provinces have announced their chairpersons, Lesufi and Siboniso Duma, would address provincial January 8 rallies in February.

It is not clear how this would be affected should officials decide to remove the two chairpersons in the reconfiguration.

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