The ruling ANC has already started the nomination process of choosing candidates who will represent the party in next year’s general elections.
After an outcry from affected communities, who threatened to boycott the ANC at the 2024 election, and successful court challenges by some of the marginalised councillors, the ANC undertook to rectify the matter and remove the “parachuted” councillors.
Instead, it highlighted that party branches would be the ones to select the candidates to be placed on the national and provincial candidate lists.
Secretary of the Motlanthe committee Chief Livhuwani Matsila said individuals with criminal records and those on suspension, including those affected by the ANC’s step-aside rule, would not qualify for nomination.
However, those facing private prosecutions would not be excluded from the process.
All public representatives, including provincial executives, premiers and Cabinet ministers, qualify for nomination – depending on the outcome of their performance reviews, which could determine if they were eligible.
All nine ANC provinces must nominate candidates for the provincial premier position, with two of those being women. The nomination process will start at the branch level with branch general meetings, where the process would be by show of hands by the attendees.
The electoral committee would oversee the nomination process, assisted by the PLCs, which are undergoing training for the task.
Matsila said although a post-matric qualification was compulsory, those without qualifications but with work experience and a good track record in the ANC, will be included in the lists.
But everybody will have to complete four modules run by the party’s OR Tambo Political School.
He said negative campaigning was strictly prohibited and those who used money to bribe people to get nominated will be disciplined. The nomination process ends in October, before the actual election campaign is launched.
Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/anc-nominates-new-candidates-but-old-scandals-loom-large/
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