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It’s ‘Ankole’ versus ‘Taliban’ as Zikalala goes for a second term as ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairperson
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 24, 2022 02:37pm |
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| Author | Paddy Harper |
| News Date | Saturday, July 23, 2022 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The KwaZulu-Natal ANC leadership election has come down to a two-way contest between sitting chairperson Sihle Zikalala and senior party member of the provincial legislature Siboniso Duma after two other would-be contenders failed to make it onto the ballot.
The two contenders were nominated by branches ahead of the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial conference that began in Durban on Friday, despite the hype generated by the announcement of several other figures associated with the party that they wanted to challenge for the position.
On Saturday, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, the sitting treasurer, was nominated from the floor as chair by one of the eThekwini branches, and she accepted.
However, Dube-Ncube failed by a significant margin to secure a secondment from the necessary 25% of the 1,607 delegates to get onto the ballot and was unable to contest for the post.
AmaZulu FC owner Sandile Zungu, who had announced his intention to stand last week after having withdrawn, was nominated from the floor but declined, avoiding the embarrassment of not making it onto the ballot.
Zungu had claimed support from the radical economic transformation (RET) faction and from former president Jacob Zuma, who he had visited for “advice” ahead of the conference.
The contest will now be fought between the “Ankole” faction led by Zikalala and which supports a second term for president Cyril Ramaphosa, and the “Taliban” grouping, which has been mobilising ahead of the conference. |
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