LIVE: Singing, dancing as #ANC elective conference gets underway
2017-12-16 10:54
All eyes are on Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, as the ANC gathers for its national elective conference. Keep up to date with all the news and analysis here.
No surprises in the #ANC54 delegates who stood up to sing for #NDZ: KZN, NW, FS and some MP. It looked like majority of MP stayed seated. ANCWL and ANCYL also staunch #NDZ backers. @TeamNews24
Why do we think Cyril Ramaphosa's administration will be
clean?
Remember all these people were complicit in Nkandla, says
ENCA analyst
14:10
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Zuma made enormous progress in delivering anti retrovirals in the battle
against HIV/AIDS, says ENCA analyst
14:04
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Some delegates now making their way into the plenary hall
13:59
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Delegates arrive on Saturday at the African National
Congress (ANC) elective conference in Johannesburg.
The fight to replace South Africa's scandal-prone President
Jacob Zuma is set to begin as thousands of delegates of the ruling party gather
to elect a new leader. (Themba Hadebe, AP)
13:57
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Inevitably a split [in the ANC] will happen and I expect it will happen
in the next five years, says ENCA analyst
In the morning, we expect the ANC to announce a new leader
and top six, says Kodwa on 702
13:41
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"We've heard a number of allegations around dirty money"
Zizi Kodwa threatens delegates over corruption or disruption
of the conference - 702
13:33
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The economy is not growing
We need practical programmes, says Kodwa on Power 98.7
"This conference must respond to the aspirations of the
people"
13:32
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Conference shows that the ANC is a mass-based movement, but
the quality - that is the issue because people are bought, analyst on Power
98.7
13:30
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We are happy with the quality of leadership that we have,
says Zizi Kodwa on Power 98.7
13:29
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Quality of debate in the ANC is deep and substantial, says
military veteran at ANC elective conference
"You'll be amazed at the level of input in the
debate"
13:21
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There are "hundreds" of police officers at the ANC
elective conference venue, reports ENCA
13:20
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We can't compromise the conference - Mantashe on nullified delegates
The affected provincial and regional ANC executives who were nullified
by recent court judgments will not vote at the ANC's national elective
conference, secretary general Gwede Mantashe says.
Fake delegates are "very widespread", says ENCA
analyst
Claims that some people were "put on a bus" to
attend the conference
13:13
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Fake delegates could derail the start of the credentials
process - ENCA reports
13:11
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Registrations were slow on Friday.
There were those who were trying to fake some delegates
The standard of registration was bad - ENCA analyst of ANC
elective conference process
13:08
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Carl Niehaus has criticised ANC members, saying they should not be
running to the courts to solve their problems
"We are a political party and political parties resolve
their problems politically." - 702 report
12:58
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Delegates expected to begin conference at 08:30, now just caucusing
waiting for the adoption of credentials. Conference is expected to start at
14:00, reports ENCA
12:56
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Delegates are not allowed to wear T-shirts displaying faces
of their preferred candidates, reports ENCA
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