Thuli Madonsela’s damning report on security upgrades at the Nkandla homestead will be on the agenda of an ANC NEC meeting in Cape Town.
The governing party’s most senior members believe they can limit the Nkandla damage and win votes ahead of the upcoming elections.
The ANC is likely to win next year’s election, so the NEC must decide at its candidates’ list conference if the president or the people come first.
Gwede Mantashe has stated socio-economic issues were to blame for the Marikana tragedy and that the NEC are paying special attention to the event.
Intense lobbying is taking place within the ANC, to save ANC Youth League president Julius Malema from undergoing any disciplinary action.
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/ 6 December 2007
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Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi will not accept a nomination to the national executive committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), Cosatu said on Thursday. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said the congress was seriously concerned about leaders who embraced ”patronage”.