Thapelo Molefe
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has refuted claims the party intends disbanding the KZN provincial executive committee but said rather the party wants to strengthen structures in the province and arrest the decline of membership.
Speaking to journalists ahead of the National Working Committee meeting in Durban following the structure’s visit across the province to assess the state of the party in regions, Mbalula said the party was not preoccupied with disbanding the PEC as it has been widely rumored.
The rumor started swirling after the province performed poorly in the province leading to the ANC losing power in the province and forced into “Government of Provincial Unity”.
Mbalula said there was a need for a “deep-stick analysis” in order to understand why there was a great decline in support KZN.
“The pre-occupation here is how we lost and what needs to be done in the
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