Mlibo in top ten provincial ANC list
Ex-youth leader makes significant comeback after being axed as MEC
Mlibo Qoboshiyane is set to make a significant political comeback if the newly-published ANC candidates list is anything to go by.
Qoboshiyane, who was removed as rural development and agrarian reform MEC last year, has made it to the top 10 list of candidates to the Bhisho Legislature. He is currently outgoing deputy speaker of the legislature.
The list was endorsed by the party's national executive committee (NEC) earlier this week following discussions by the party's nine-member national list committee in Durban last weekend. It also confirmed Oscar Mabuyane as the face of the Eastern Cape ANC’s election campaign for the May election.
ANC provincial treasurer Babalo Madikizela is second to Mabuyane.
The rest of the top five is made up of education MEC Mlungisi Mvoko, OR Tambo mayor Nomakhosazana Meth and transport MEC Weziwe Tikana.
The final list includes Sindiswa Gomba, who is one of the Dr WB Rubusana ANC regional leaders facing criminal charges for their alleged involvement in the Nelson Mandela funeral scandal.
Gomba’s co-accused, Themba Tinta, has dropped from position 50 to 59 as the party chopped and changed the list to accommodate the 50/50 gender balance and the geographical spread quota.
The NEC has endorsed the inclusion of several other youth leaders including former ANC youth league provincial chair Mziwonke Ndabeni (9), and Thabo Matiwane (25).
Representatives of the women’s league also feature, with provincial chair Bukiwe Fanta at 11 and Nonceba Khontsiwe making it into the top 16.
The list indicates that Kouga local municipality is likely to have a new chief whip after the elections.
Incumbent Virginia Benjamin moved from her 38 spot, as per voting patterns at the list conference, to 24. This was to help the ANC address its policy of non-racialism.
ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi confirmed the list had been finalised.
“The final list will be issued out, there are no surprises to it. It just affirmed the democratic outcomes of our list conference. The only rearrangements that were made were rearrangements in so far as affirming women, and secondly it was about affirming 20% of youth.
“It was really about ensuring that the list represents all the demographics of SA,” he said...
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