Disgruntled ANC Members in Limpopo Call for National Intervention Over Regional Leadership Issues

• Members of the African National Congress (ANC) are calling on the national leadership to intervene in their disputes
• The members in the Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo accuse the current regional leadership of registration irregularities
• Some of the disputes stem from the ANC regional conference, scheduled to start today, 9 May 2025

Disgruntled members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo want the national leadership to intervene in their disputes.

Disgruntled ANC members

The disputes are related to a regional conference that is scheduled to start today, 9 May 2025. Some members are accusing the regional leadership of registration irregularities that have resulted in fraudulent representatives.

It is believed that some of the disgruntled members approached the provincial office to seek assistance, stating that the individuals in question could not act as both players and referees, as they had a vested interest in the conference.

The group raised concerns about paid bogus delegates being imposed on them, individuals who, they claimed, were not active at the grassroots level but only appeared during election conferences to install candidates the community had not elected.

ANC guidelines

Regional spokesperson Adolph Rapetswa told the SABC that the protests were premature, criticising them for bypassing the party’s internal dispute resolution processes.

The regional spokesperson explained that, according to party rules, members must first raise complaints at the branch level, then appeal to the provincial structures. Only if the issue remains unresolved can it be escalated to the provincial and subsequently the National Dispute Resolution Committees.

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ANC Limpopo’s regional elective conference postponed over infighting

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Norman Mashabane region in Mopani, Limpopo, has 19 unresolved disputes which halted its elective conference, which was supposed to be held on 3 and 4 May 2025.

The party's disputes have been escalated to the National Dispute Resolution Committee. As such, the regional leadership advised the region to postpone the elective conference. The conference was supposed to have taken place at Karibu over the weekend and has been postponed to the weekend of 10 and 11 May.

Source: Briefly News