The ANC in the Free State is racing against time to ensure that all its branches can convene meetings before 25 October, the cut-off date for the nominations of new branch leaders.
Charges against Ace Magashule ally, Vusi Tshabalala, dismissed by ANC disciplinary committee as ‘hearsayThe province needs at least 223 out of 319 Free State branches to have held their meetings in order to reach the required 70% threshold. The province had convened less than 100 branch meetings successfully.
“A number of challenges were experienced during the first two weeks of BGMs [branch general meetings]. This resulted in meetings starting late. As a consequence, a number of branches were not able to complete the scanning of eligible members to attend within the six hours allocated for this purpose. Consequently, the requirement to complete scanning within six hours from the start of the meeting has been scrapped. Accordingly, scanning can take place up to 11pm on the day of the BGM.
“If we get the 70% threshold, we will obviously go to the provincial conference and then have regional conferences afterwards. If we can have a provincial conference, maybe by the end of the month, we can still have regional conferences in November,” he said.said there was no intention to halt the Free State provincial and regional conferences. He said branch secretaries had received the requisite training to use the equipment.
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