Thousands of ANC members and supporters descended on Port Elizabeth yesterday for the party’s manifesto launch today.
The build-up to the national event, with more than 100000 ANC loyalists expected to be in attendance, saw mixed reaction from some communities to the presence of the ruling party in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro this week.
The paper reported that ANC deputy secretary Jessie Duarte also received a mixed reaction during a briefing- session with more than 300 ANC branch leaders on Wednesday night. Some branches rejected the officials’ decision to accept Zuma’s apology on his handling of the public protector’s findings on Nkandla while other branch leaders accepted the national working committee approach to pardon the president.
ANC branch member Garth Pemba, of ward 30 in Veeplaas, said all they asked their leaders to do was “tell Duarte straight that the president must face the music. It was the feeling of some of the branches at that briefing session on Monday,” Pemba said.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane confirmed both incidents involving Duarte and Dlamini, but said the latter “is a government programme and will have to be resolved through government structures and not the ANC”.
He said the concern of New Brighton residents related to housing backlogs, which the community felt should have been addressed long ago.
He said only four of the 60 branches in Nelson Mandela Bay region raised an issue with Duarte on the decision to pardon the president.
“That too will form part of the report to be tabled before the NEC soon.”
Addressing a media briefing yesterday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe reassured South Africa that the ANC was not in denial on the Nkandla matter.
“It is actually owning up. We’ve conceded on many issues,” he said.
The party also had a closed meeting with fishermen from the northern areas of PE in late afternoon. Mabuyane said Minister Senzeni Zokwana and agriculture MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane, met the fishermen to assess what the two offices could do to help them benefit from the ocean’s economy.
Mixed reception for ANC
The build-up to the national event, with more than 100000 ANC loyalists expected to be in attendance, saw mixed reaction from some communities to the presence of the ruling party in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro this week.
The paper reported that ANC deputy secretary Jessie Duarte also received a mixed reaction during a briefing- session with more than 300 ANC branch leaders on Wednesday night. Some branches rejected the officials’ decision to accept Zuma’s apology on his handling of the public protector’s findings on Nkandla while other branch leaders accepted the national working committee approach to pardon the president.
ANC branch member Garth Pemba, of ward 30 in Veeplaas, said all they asked their leaders to do was “tell Duarte straight that the president must face the music. It was the feeling of some of the branches at that briefing session on Monday,” Pemba said.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane confirmed both incidents involving Duarte and Dlamini, but said the latter “is a government programme and will have to be resolved through government structures and not the ANC”.
He said the concern of New Brighton residents related to housing backlogs, which the community felt should have been addressed long ago.
He said only four of the 60 branches in Nelson Mandela Bay region raised an issue with Duarte on the decision to pardon the president.
“That too will form part of the report to be tabled before the NEC soon.”
Addressing a media briefing yesterday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe reassured South Africa that the ANC was not in denial on the Nkandla matter.
“It is actually owning up. We’ve conceded on many issues,” he said.
The party also had a closed meeting with fishermen from the northern areas of PE in late afternoon. Mabuyane said Minister Senzeni Zokwana and agriculture MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane, met the fishermen to assess what the two offices could do to help them benefit from the ocean’s economy.
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