No finality in League conference question

No finality has yet been reached in the Mthatha High Court matter where Mputumi Duba is asking for the setting aside of the ANC Youth League conference.
Last month, the league held its conference in Ngqushwa and Duba is asking the court to nullify it saying it was not convened correctly.
Current national ANCYL chairperson Collen Maine is one of the 23 respondents cited in the court papers. On Wednesday Duba’s advocate Samkele Maliwa was replying to arguments made by advocate Lusindiso Matotie representing two of the respondents.
Maliwa said he wanted to make it categorically clear that they were not seeking an order against the master of the South Gauteng High Court who has also been cited in the papers.
“[Duba] is here to say there is a red flag because the rights entrusted on the Master are being trampled on. Allow the master to do its work. [Duba] want to emphasise that the Master is the chief custodian of the [ANCYL’s] affairs,” he said.
Once again Duba’s age was brought up. In the previous appearance in court last week, Matotie said Duba was not a member of the ANCYL because his membership had lapsed because he was over the age limit of 35 years old for members. Duba is 37 years old.
Maliwa reminded the court that Maine was also well over the ripe age of 35. Judge Mbulelo Jolwana asked if it was possible to be a member Regional Task Team without being a member of the league. To which Maliwa said yes and added that it had happened before.
“Does [Duba] admit that he is not a member of the ANCYL, never mind the RTT?” Jolwana asked.
Maliwa said: “He makes no such concession.”
Matotie said there was a judgment to wind the league up in July, yet in August Duba wrote to the NEC giving details of the then upcoming conference.
“Now that things have not gone in his favour he says that no there was a court order winding the league and up and talking about the Master. He cannot appropriate and expropriate,” said Matotie.
Jolwana congratulated both legal presenting such compelling and well thought out arguments for the “complex” case. He added that he was pleased that the counsel on both sides are young showing the great potential that could still be unearthed from the fraternity...

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