Thabo Mbeki, the former president of the African National Congress (ANC), described his visit to the Free State as part of a strategic plan to see the ANC “relax.”
Former ANC President Thabo Mbeki has been invited to assist in the project of renewal and unity of the party for the next three days by an Interim Leadership Structure chaired by Mxolisi Dukwana.
This is in advance of the provincial elective conference, which is scheduled for later this year. Since 2012, there have been schisms at the party.
Mbeki last spoke in Bloemfontein in 2007 at an ANC function. However, ANC elites in the Free State are banking on him this time to bring about much-needed change within the party’s institutions.
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ANC Women’s League confident ANC will be united
ANC Women’s League Deputy President, Sisi Ntombela, says she is confident that the ANC will be united, as a matter of urgency in the Free State.
“We really must unite the ANC in the province and I think everyone is ready and prepared.
You are aware that wr are from local government elections, even our own people have said it very clear, that we must unite and be one because we must save the ANC. And that’s what we are doing now.
Today we very much excited, president Mbeki is here and he’s going to assist us to make sure that we are one, we are united,” says Ntombela.