By Simon Nare
The African National Congress has defended its move to reconfigure its national executive committee deployment to provinces, which has seen some senior party leaders moved from one province to the other.
The reshuffling has resulted in some senior members becoming just ordinary NEC members, while others have been promoted to more senior and important committees.
This has been interpreted in some quarters as a demotion along factional lines within the party.
National spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said on Tuesday that the decision to reshuffle the deployment of NEC members to provinces and committees was a party rotation system. It was backed by a NEC special meeting that took place on 20 February 2023.
She said the latest deployment rotation was conducted biennially to enhance oversight and strengthen leadership across provinces.
“Additionally, deployments to NEC subcommittees are periodically reviewed to align with organisational priorities and the evolving responsibilities of
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