ANC MP Tony Yengeni is no longer barred from contesting for a leadership position at the ANC's national conference. | ZintleMahlati
PHOTO: Darren Stewart, Gallo ImagesYengeni was not nominated for a position on the ANC national executive committee but chose to fight his exclusion.
ANC MP Tony Yengeni is no longer barred from contesting for a leadership position at the ANC's national elective conference in Johannesburg over the weekend. Yengeni was not nominated for a leadership position on the ANC national executive committee but chose to fight his exclusion. The ANC's new electoral rules prevent members previously convicted of criminal offences from contesting for leadership roles.READ |But the ANC NEC member filed an appeal, saying his disqualification could not stand because in the eyes of the law he had no criminal conviction.
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