“We are in Tripoli now, this is Tripoli!” shouted a young member of the ANC just moments after the results announcing Mandla Ndlovu as the successor to David “DD” Mabuza were delivered.
“Liberation is here,” the young man could be heard shouting as the conference centre erupted into cheers as Ndlovu and the rest of his slate did a clean sweep of the top five positions in the province.
In the end the GNA forces, which included the country's youth managed to wrest control and drive out the military strongman who wanted to become Libya’s ruler. Ndlovu was once seen as the anointed successor to Mabuza but has since fallen out with the deputy president. “These people are not enemies, they are divided on just one thing, the Cat. They don’t hate one another. We were hoping to help them find a unity slate at least, find one another but their attitudes have hardened,” one NEC member told Eyewitness News on the sidelines of the conference.
Another senior leader of the ANC also blamed the continued tensions in the province on Mabuza, saying the deputy president’s decision to pick sides among the bickering groups of people who were all once loyal to him, had brought the province to this point. Even Ndlovu acknowledged the role of young people in the political developments in the province, telling Eyewitness News that his victory came through a fight and not a seamless handover of power.
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