Some KZN delegates battle to accept rout at ANC polls
The blow of KwaZulu-Natal ANC's failure to win a seat in the top seven structure of the party may have been accepted by the provincial leadership, but some of their delegates were on Monday battling to come to terms with the results.
At the start of the Nasrec conference, some of the KwaZulu-Natal delegates were already determined to disrupt the ANC president’s organisational report as they heckled him and national chairperson Gwede Mantashe. Their actions were accentuated by former president Jacob Zuma, who deliberately waltzed into the conference while Ramaphosa had already begun his speech. But it was clear from the onset that they were isolated, and their rowdiness was contained by their leaders.
By Monday, much of the noise and confidence displayed ahead of voting and during the voting process had fizzled out. It was clear things had fallen apart at the seams and some sombre-looking KwaZulu-Natal delegates were heard spewing profanities after the results were announced. Dr Mkhize lost by over 500 votes to the incumbent.Some of the KwaZulu-Natal delegates were not happy with Paul Mashatile’s election as deputy president despite him being on Dr Mkhize’s slate.
"I will never support this new leadership; I will not vote for the ANC under this leadership. The ANC is dead," she said.
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