By Simon Nare
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has lashed out at party members who use the courts to interdict elective conferences when they fail to secure nominations or contest positions within the organisation.
Mbalula was addressing the ANC’s 12th West Rand regional conference outside Johannesburg after disgruntled members unsuccessfully attempted to stop the gathering through a court interdict.
He told delegates the ANC had won the court battle in the early hours of the morning.
“When I arrived here it was on and on and it is fantastic,” he said.
A group of members had approached the courts seeking to interdict the conference, alleging irregularities in branch verification processes.
However, the application was dismissed for lack of urgency after the court ruled the applicants had delayed bringing the matter and that the conference was already under way when the case was heard.
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