Central SA
#ANCFS disbands all lower structures ahead of conference─── LUCKY NKUYANE 11:00 Mon, 18 Jul 2022
The ANC in the Free State has dissolved all of its lower regional structures, called the Interim Regional Committees, and replaced the old structures with new ones.
The decision to disband these structures comes after a court settlement in the High Court in Bloemfontein. In the court settlement, with secretaries of branches in the province, only Mangaung’s controversial IRC was disbanded to suit the needs and demands of the disgruntled and irate group which took the party’s upper structure to court.
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The Interim Provincial Committee's (IPC) coordinator, Paseka Nompondo, says, in line with the court judgment and settlement agreement between the two parties, the IPC in its meeting resolved to disband all IRCs whose mandates have lapsed.
The IPC further reflected on the state of structures of the organisation at regional and branch level and it was acknowledged that the term of office of regional structures, as per the ANC Constitution, has lapsed. The ANC in the province is in the process of renewing the organisation and preparing for its conference and in order not to create a political vacuum in the current work of the ANC, the IPC immediately appointed the IRCs.
"The size of the IRCs will be in line with the guidelines to be issued by the National Executive Committee (NEC),” he adds.
All the IRCs appointed are expected to undergo the process of political induction. The party is yet to hold a provincial conference which was set to sit between May and June as per the traditions of the ANC. However, Nompondo has since clarified that the conference will be held in September this year.
“The report on the appointment of Ward Task Teams or Branch Task Teams was tabled and the task teams were adopted by the IPC. We appeal to all ANC members in the province to get in touch with their branches to check the status of their membership. This is to ensure that every member participates in the activities of their branch and contributes to the election of branch leadership.
“The roadmap to conferences adopted by the IPC provides timeframes in relation to organisational processes towards conferences which includes the cut-off date for membership to be 31 July 2022 and branches are encouraged to convene with the Ziveze campaign and Branch General Meetings before Bi-Annual Branch General Meetings, in order to ensure no member is left behind regarding processes of conferences,” Nompondo further adds.
