Twenty disgruntled ANC members in Buffalo City Metro (BCM) suspended in December after hosting a parallel regional conference, will face the music next week.
The group, which also organised a series of marches and sit-in protests, will be grilled when they appear before the ANC’s provincial disciplinary committee (DC) on February 21.
Among their grievances were allegations of membership rigging and sidelining of legitimate members ahead of last year’s BCM conference.
The group, led by party veteran and former MPL Joe Jordaan and Mike Mnikina, resorted to protest action after their calls for shelving of the region’s conference until their disputes had been addressed failed.
They marched to the party’s regional office in East London several times, to a local bank accused of colluding to back-date membership forms and to their provincial headquarters in King William’s Town.
After their attempts to halt the elective conference, which later elected Xola Pakati as regional chair and retained Pumlani Mkolo as secretary, the group staged their parallel conference where 20 members were elected into a “regional task team”.
The ANC charged them in December for bringing the organisation in disrepute. All were suspended pending their appearance before the DC.
Among those suspended is Jordaan, who was elected convener, his deputy Mnikina, Mahlubi Dywili who was elected coordinator and Nomathamsanqa Calata, his deputy, Patrick Daniso who was elected treasurer and Xolani Somaca, the group’s spokesman.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane yesterday confirmed the group would appear before the DC to account for their actions.
Mabuyane added that the disgruntled members would then have 14 days if not satisfied to appeal to upper structures after the provincial DC had passed its judgment.
Somaca, who previously told the Dispatch they would use every available avenue to fight their suspension, yesterday confirmed the DC date.
“We know their aim is to expel us from the organisation, but we will fight that head on, and should we lose, we will not shy away from escalating the fight to the next level,” said Somaca. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
20 rebels to face disciplinary action
The group, which also organised a series of marches and sit-in protests, will be grilled when they appear before the ANC’s provincial disciplinary committee (DC) on February 21.
Among their grievances were allegations of membership rigging and sidelining of legitimate members ahead of last year’s BCM conference.
The group, led by party veteran and former MPL Joe Jordaan and Mike Mnikina, resorted to protest action after their calls for shelving of the region’s conference until their disputes had been addressed failed.
They marched to the party’s regional office in East London several times, to a local bank accused of colluding to back-date membership forms and to their provincial headquarters in King William’s Town.
After their attempts to halt the elective conference, which later elected Xola Pakati as regional chair and retained Pumlani Mkolo as secretary, the group staged their parallel conference where 20 members were elected into a “regional task team”.
The ANC charged them in December for bringing the organisation in disrepute. All were suspended pending their appearance before the DC.
Among those suspended is Jordaan, who was elected convener, his deputy Mnikina, Mahlubi Dywili who was elected coordinator and Nomathamsanqa Calata, his deputy, Patrick Daniso who was elected treasurer and Xolani Somaca, the group’s spokesman.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane yesterday confirmed the group would appear before the DC to account for their actions.
Mabuyane added that the disgruntled members would then have 14 days if not satisfied to appeal to upper structures after the provincial DC had passed its judgment.
Somaca, who previously told the Dispatch they would use every available avenue to fight their suspension, yesterday confirmed the DC date.
“We know their aim is to expel us from the organisation, but we will fight that head on, and should we lose, we will not shy away from escalating the fight to the next level,” said Somaca. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
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