Last-minute bid to unite Mabuyane and Madikizela factions at ANC conference fails - Three alliance leaders unsuccessfully tried to bring the two powerful factions contesting the conference with the aid of Oscar Mabuyane
Mabuyane, Madikizela andThree members of the provincial task team representing the alliance made a proposal to bring together the Mabuyane and Madikizela factions ahead of the conference, but were ignored, sources said.
The Madikizela camp has maintained that it was the Mabuyane camp that approached the group proposing a possible consolidation of the different factions. “Almost immediately all the chairpersons and secretaries that we are working with, we immediately met and, no, we are not going to entertain any negotiations,” one regional leader said.
One of them, Ondela Sokomani, insists that the aim is not to disrupt the conference but rather to get clarity and prevent any future litigation. He toldSokomani succeeded in preventing the region from going to the conference after the provincial executive committee disbanded branches in 12 wards.