The legislative change is believed to have been spurred by the challenges the party has faced with embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille.
The wording of the clause had been a subject of heated debate with some members raising concerns that it was bordering on introducing quotas
The decision is part of a number of policy resolutions being taken by the party at its two-day congress being held in Tshwane
Maimane says the future of the country’s governance is in coalitions
The party that is now giving her a special official funeral once shunned her as a ‘wayward charlatan’
Federal congress will grasp race nettles: a diversity clause and black delegates’ under-representation
The youth jobs scheme offers yearlong internships but sceptics fear it will only beef up BEE scorecards
The party’s federal executive has rejected a call to include more township-based party members as delegates at its federal congress next week
The red-beret-in-chief paints the ruling party as a lapdog slavishly following the EFF’s lead
Khume Ramulifho says he’s not eyeing James Selfe’s job but he does want a deputy for Maimane