The elective conference of the ANC’s third-largest voting bloc – the Eastern Cape – has been called into question after a court order on Tuesday invalidated the meetings of almost 40 branches in the Dr WB Rubusana region of Buffalo City as “unconstitutional and unlawful”.
The ruling could have implications for the outcome of the province’s elective conference, particularly the legitimacy of ANC provincial chair and premier Oscar Mabuyane’s leadership, as well as its support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election bid as party leader at the ANC’s elective conference in December.
“The court erred in granting a final order against some respondents that were not joined as parties in the matter. We are deeply concerned about the conduct of the applicants’ legal representatives and it’s a matter that we will have to follow up,” he said. “The ruling does not affect branches, because they still stand. It only affects the 35 elected members of the provincial executive committee [PEC],” the NEC member said, adding that the NEC would first seek legal opinion on the matter before moving ahead with any decision.
During the Rubusana regional conference in late May, Buffalo City deputy mayor Princess Faku emerged uncontested as regional chair.
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