LISTEN | Defiant ANC MPs matter will be resolved by incoming NEC: Mabe

“The ANC is not coming here to bury itself. The incoming NEC will have the responsibility to take forward some of these issues and if they arrive at a determination that this case and other of a similar nature require the attention of the national disciplinary committee or any other disciplinary structure, they will take that decision.

“The NEC, in its deliberation and out of its own collective wisdom, concluded that following the party line is important for the unity of the organisation and that any member who goes against party line not only erodes the discipline the organisation but undermines what we are supposed to fulfil, which is to unite our members.”  

Mabe said not following the party line had the potential to erode the organisation's authority.

“The discipline of the ANC must be common and consistent.”  

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