Those who have supported the call for change in the leadership of the ANC have been left out of the ruling party’s new national executive council.
The national congress of the ANC’s Mangaung conference has decided not to review Julius Malema’s expulsion from the ruling party.
Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile says deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe still has a chance to emerge victorious at the ANC’s electoral conference.
The former leaders of the ANC Youth League have asked the ANC congress at Mangaung to reinstate them to their respective positions.
Senior party members who opposed Julius Malema’s expulsion and criticised the ANC were given short shrift by the president in his political report.
Top alliance leaders Trevor Manuel, Zwelinzima Vavi and Jeremy Cronin have declined nominations to serve on the party’s national executive committee.
A frosty contest is expected at Mangaung as the "cold war" between Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe escalates.
KwaZulu-Natal insiders say Zweli Mkhize, once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, is aware of the campaign to kick him out of the province.
Supporters of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe have vowed to fight for him to take over as ANC president at the party’s elective conference.
The ANC has told Limpopo and the Western Cape to reconvene their provincial nomination conferences by Wednesday.