'The enemy of women is women': Sizophila Mkhize blames women's league for lack of women in top ANC positions

ANC youth leader and PEC member Sizophila Mkhize has laid the blame for the slow progression of women in securing influential party positions at the door of the women's league.

Mkhize spoke to TimesLIVE on the sidelines of the ANC's highly contested 55th national elective conference on Sunday. 

“The enemy of women is women,” said Mkhize. 

This follows an upset on Saturday night over the first deputy-secretary position nomination. 

Contender for the position Nomvula Mokonyane, who initially appeared to be running uncontested, ended up facing a challenge after delegates from the Northern Cape nominated Tina Joemat-Pettersson from the floor.

Joemat-Petterson's nomination was supported by the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, allowing her to reach the required threshold of 1,109 nominations to make it to the ballot.

While the nomination of Joemat-Pettersson is in line with the party’s democratic contestation values, Mkhize claimed these developments were a ploy to pit women against each other — emanating from the women's league.