The ANC Electoral Committee, chaired by Kgalema Motlanthe, will on Wednesday announce the results of the new members of the National Executive Committee.
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UPDATE: Mbalula says the NEC will constitute new subcommittees and there will be the Integrity Commission. After January 8 they will have an induction and then an NEC meeting that will deal with the appointment of the new NWC. He says Phala Phala has been dealt with in Parliament The public protector and other law enforcement agencies are also investigating it, but they will watch the developments as they unfold. But these are issues that the NEC will be watching. He says they want Ramaphosa to finish his term. He has added value to the ANC.
UPDATE: Mbalula says they are going to look at the co-option of minorities. They are allowed to co-opt. He says he did not see Blade Nzimande and Thulas Nxesi in the NEC. But they will talk about it as the NEC.
UPDATE: Mbalula says the new NEC is a good mixture of people come from the ANC Youth League like Mahlengi Bhengu. He says the president should be applying his mind about his Cabinet. He says he wants a Cabinet that is breathing life. He says Ramaphosa is applying his mind, but it is his prerogative. Mbalula says he has to meet with Ramaphosa about making changes to the Cabinet.
UPDATE: Mbalula also announced that two members of the ANC who were part of the delegates died on their way home in Zululand.
UPDATE: Mbalula says the disciplinary processes of the ANC will unfold
UPDATE: Mbalula says the issue of the disciplinary process will remain in place.
UPDATE: ANC Secretary- General Fikile Mbalula has thanked the Electoral Committee for its work in conducting the elections of the new NEC.
UPDATE: Motlanthe says they welcome the new NEC and hope they will continue with the renewal of the ANC
UPDATE: Barbara Creecy, Sputla Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Lindiwe Sisulu,Nonceba Mhlauli , Thabang Makwetla, Nkenke Kekana, Sindisiwe Chikunga, Dakota Legoete, Bejani Chauke, Nocawe Mafu, Dina Pule, Mahlengi Bhengu, Refilwe Mtsweni, Faith Muthambi, Sisisi Tolashe, Thandi Moraka
UPDATE: Motlanthe says the new NEC members are: Sihle Zikalala, Mduduzi Manana, Ronald Lamola, Mdumiseni Ntuli, Bheki Cele, Senzo Mchunu, Malusi Gigaba, Pule Mabe, Zizi Kodwa, David Makhura, Andile Lungisa, Tina Joemat-Peterson, Zweli Mkhize, Soviet Lekganyane, Sibongile Besani, Enoch Godongwana, Pemmy Majodina, Lindiwe Zulu, Aaron Motsoaledi, Bathabile Dlamini, Khusela Diko, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Thoko Didiza, Parks Tau, Obed Bapela, Supra Mahumapelo, Tandi Mahambehlala, Noxolo Kiviet, Njabulo Nzuza
UPDATE: Motlanthe says there were 252 candidates vying for the 80 positions in the NEC. He says the Electoral Committee is satisfied with the process and the results. The NEC comprises 41 women and 39 men.
UPDATE: ANC Electoral Committee chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe says they were given the mandate to announce the results publicly after the conference adjourned on Tuesday. He says every province and league deployed two observers to ensure the credibility of the elections. He says counting was completed at 11 am on Wednesday. They then embarked on an audit process which took 3 hours.
The ANC conference was adjourned on Tuesday and it will reconvene on January 5 in Mangaung to finalise key policy decisions.
Motlanthe’s committee was expected to announce the results on Tuesday evening, but could not as the voting continued through the night.
The ANC had met in Nasrec from last Friday to elect new Top 7 leaders and 80 members of the NEC.
But it could not conclude its business by Tuesday. After the election of the new NEC the party would by early next year constitute its sub committees to drive its programmers for the next year.
Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected to serve a second term as ANC president, with Paul Mashatile serving as his deputy at the 55th National Elective Conference.