Criminally charged former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede
declined being nominated for the position of ANC KwaZulu-Natal treasurer
despite being the only one to qualify for nomination through the branch
process.
Business tycoon Sandile Zungu also decided not to accept
nomination to contest the position of provincial chairperson, while Nomusa
Dube-Ncube didn't meet the required threshold to contest the provincial
chairperson position, despite accepting nomination from the floor.
Of the 770 branches in good standing in KZN, delegates needed 20% of the votes from 154 of
the branches to qualify standing for nomination.
Incumbent Nomusa Dube-Ncube and ANC member of the
provincial legislature Sboniso Duma qualified for nomination to contest the
chairperson position.
Delegates nominated Zungu and Dube-Ncube from the floor
to also stand for nomination.
Any candidate nominated from the floor will have to
receive 25% of the votes from the voting delegates. From the credentials
adopted, there are 1 607 voting delegates, meaning the candidate nominated from
the floor would have to get 402 votes.
Dube-Ncube accepted the nomination, but was unable to
receive the required 25% threshold from voting delegates.
The charismatic Zungu, who this week had vowed to
contest, declined the floor nomination.
Also making the threshold was provincial education MEC
Kwazi Mshengu for the deputy chairperson position, nominated by branches.
Mshengu will contest KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane, who was nominated from
the floor.
Incumbent provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli will
square off against Kokstad mayor Bheki Mtolo.
Provincial Cogta MEC Sipho Hlomuka got the nod from ANC
branches to stand as deputy secretary against Nontembeko Boyce, who was
nominated from the floor.
eThekwini ANC chairperson Gumede topped the list of
contenders for the provincial treasurer post, but declined to stand.
Following Gumede's nomination, eThekwini secretary Musa
Nciki stood up to inform the conference that Gumede “as a disciplined member
and one who respects the ANC’s step aside rule, she will not be accepting
nomination.”
Provincial human settlements MEC Jomo Sibiya will square
off with Dr Ntuthuko Mahlaba, as both candidates were nominated from the floor.
All the nominated candidates accepted to go onto the
ballot paper, except for Gumede.
Candidates need 804 votes or more for them to be elected
into the top five that will lead the province for the next five years.
After the election of the top five, additional
provincial executive committee members would then be elected.
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