Much-anticipated ANC Free State elective conference to get under way on Friday

It’s all systems go as the ANC in the Free State prepares to hold its much-anticipated ninth provincial elective conference in Mangaung on Friday.

National executive committee deployee David Mahlobo told the media the conference preparatory committee was satisfied the province had met the constitutional requirements to hold an elective conference.

“This ninth provincial conference of the ANC meets the constitutional requirements. The province has 319 potential branches of the ANC that are eligible and should have undergone their processes,” he said.

“The conference will have about 900 delegates that will be participating in the media. The real owners of the conference that will participate with full rights as delegates is 667. Out of the 667, the leadership of the province has ensured that this conference is not a conference of leadership but of branches. We are very satisfied that at least 600 voting delegates will be coming from the branches and then the rest, including the leadership of the interim provincial committee and their leagues, will constitute 67% of the delegates.”