Disgruntled members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West are not letting up and are seeking direct access to the Constitutional Court to have the recent provincial conference outcome declared null and void.
The North West elective conference held three weeks ago is expected to reconvene over the weekend to wrap up outstanding matters.
The event was marred by countless delays, disruptions and allegations of bogus delegates, with members filing separate court applications to halt proceedings.
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Urgent application
The court papers seen by The Citizen, drafted by Zisiswe Attorneys, want the application to be heard urgently. Party members are preparing to elect additional provincial leaders in the last leg of the conference.
Ahead of nominations for the top five positions three weeks ago, North West High Court Judge Frances Maria Snyman granted Tshepo Bosman and others an interdict barring the 20 interim provincial committee (IPC) members from voting.
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Former provincial chairperson Supra Mahumapelo also threw the spanner in the works, sending a letter of demand, also from Zisiswe Attorneys, to the ANC acting secretary general Paul Mashatile, calling for the conference to be stopped, citing an illegitimate delegation from disbanded branches.
Entire conference must be declared unlawful
In the latest application, Lebogang Medupe and four others want the apex court to declare the decision by provincial convenor Obed Bapela and his team allowing the conference to continue after Snyman’s ruling as unlawful.
“That it be declared that the ANC’s 9th provincial conference of the North West that took place on the 12th – 14th August 2022 and subsequently postponed to the 26th – 28th August 2022, is held in violation of the ANC constitution and that the said conference, its decisions / resolutions and/or outcome are unlawful and be set aside,” read the application.
The applicants further want an interim team to be appointed to run the provincial structures “pending the election of a lawfully constituted provincial executive committee of the ANC in the North West.”
The top five provincial leaders led by chairperson Nono Maloyi, are listed as defendants in the application.
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