By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the ANC’s new smart card system will help rid the party of the “corrupt” gatekeeping practice.
Through the new system, the ANC has established that 600,000 of its members are in good standing.
The party launched the system at the start of its scheduled national executive committee meeting at the Birchhwood Hotel in Boksburg in Ekurhuleni on Friday, with Ramaphosa the first to get his smart card.
He was followed by the party’s national officials and after the president addressed the meeting, some of the veterans were handed theirs too.
Ramaphosa hailed the new system as a milestone in the party’s renewal and rebuilding process.
“The new membership card will make the process of joining the ANC more seamless as the SG (secretary-general) was saying. It should reduce the practice of gatekeeping.
“Gatekeeping has been one of the ills and… one of the
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