OPINION| ANC dinosaur lurches towards 21st-century technology - The party has been reluctant to modernise, perhaps less out of ignorance than to allow skullduggery, especially around elections. New rules seek to change that
The ANC has been painfully slow to adopt new technology in its operation. If you have forgotten what a fax machine looks like, a visit to a party branch office will serve as a good reminder. It’s only in recent years that local office bearers started using email correspondence. Before they discovered cyberspace, documents had to be photo-copied and hand-delivered at local offices.
It was only when manual application became a serious problem, through manipulation to advantage some leaders over others, that the organisation decided to digitise its membership list. Now, an applicant applies online and the applications are processed at a central point at the party’s national headquarters.
The introduction of scanners, in this round of nominations, is the culmination of a long, slow process to modernise the organisation. Again, even here, the innovation was forced by the need to stamp out the participation of bogus members and inflation of attendance at branch general meetings. Such shenanigans are commonplace in the organisation.
The new rules, overseen by the newly established electoral committee, promise to have a positive impact on the ANC. They essentially formalise what has actually been happening
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