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"I am very happy with this NEC. It is useful," says Mbalula. He says it is like convening the youth league. He says they will be deployed, he and Mokonyane don't play, it won't be a holiday.Mbalula says Bathabile Dlamini has been cleared by the previous NEC to stand, but a final decision on Andile Lungisa will be made by the conference on 5 January.
Mbalula says an ANC delegation would visit the families of the deceased. One individual is in hospital.- Jan GerberFormer communications minister Faith Muthambi remains on the NEC.Bejani Chauke, Ramaphosa's right hand man, failed to be elected as ANC treasurer general, but he does make it onto the NEC.
Bathabile Dlamini and Khusela Diko, Ramaphosa previous spokesperson, and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma are elected to NEC.Motlanthe says the total eligible delegates were 4436 in total but only 4019 cast their votes.The top five is made up of: Sihle Zikalala, Mduduzi Manana, Ronald Lamola, Mdumiseni Ntuli and Bheki Cele. Former Gauteng Premier David Makhura has also made it to the additional members of the NEC.Sihle Zikalala, Mduduzi Manana and Ronald Lamola are the first three names.
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party was riven by corruption, in charge of an inefficient and collapsing state and consumed with self-preservation. There were strong echoes of that at the ANC's national conference, writes Pieter du Toit.Melanie Verwoerd writes that she had no doubt that Cyril Ramaphosa would win, but examines why the narrative over the weekend gave the impression that he wouldn't.
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