FORMER ANC President Thabo Mbeki has arrived in the Free State to help the governing party in the province to preach unity among warring factions and rebuild party structures ahead of provincial conference in April or May.
The ANC’s Free State interim provincial leader Mxolisi Dukwana confirmed Mbeki’s visit on Thursday night, adding that the party’s first priority was to rebuild unity in the province so that they could deal with conference matters.
“President Mbeki is coming to the Free State province to engage on this issue and help us deal with challenges so that we’re able to see ourselves in the mirror and do things differently,” said Dukwana.
The Free State provincial conference will probably be held in April or May, and regional conferences are supposed to take place before the end of next month.
Mbeki arrived in the Free State capital of Manguang on Thursday at the invitation
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