But the party won’t be announcing what it will do with senior leaders implicated in corruption.

The ANC NEC meeting this week sidestepped the issue, saying a report recommending that ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule step aside, didn’t feature.

“The ANC will use this occasion to reaffirm our collective commitment to the resolutions of the 54th national conference," said Nomvula Mokonyane, ANC Head of Organising.

"It is a platform to reassert the ANC as a movement rooted amongst the people and as a leader of society. It is a moment to draw on the legacy of the founding mothers and fathers of the ANC.”

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the birthday message live from the party’s Luthuli House headquarters on Friday evening.

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