The former leaders will join thousands of mourners as the town of Ulundi bids farewell to its beloved elder.
Ahead of announcing the results in alphabetical order, Motlanthe acknowledged past presidents and applause erupted from the back of the room as he mentioned Jacob Zuma.
Yengeni received a letter last week from the ANC's chairperson of the electoral committee, Kgalema Motlanthe, indicating that he was disqualified from standing for a position due to his criminal record.
Motlanthe was speaking at Luthuli House on Thursday where he released the names of those nominated to serve on the party's NEC
There were growing calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down following a Section 89 panel report that found he may have violated his constitutional duties.
Lindiwe Sisulu claimed that the committee erred when counting the number of branch general nominations for the position of ANC president.
How can the country move forward from all its struggles? 'Politricking with Tshidi Madia' interrogates our former leader, Kgalema Motlanthe.
The ANC in the North West said that it considered the unprecedented events of the past weekend where three of its former leaders openly shared their thoughts on the state of the country, the party and the leader steering the ship as a new low in the ANC’s history.
Former presidents Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe publicly crtiticised Ramaphosa's leadership at separate events at the weekend over his Phala Phala farmgate saga and the state of the South African economy.
In a statement on Sunday night, Limpopo provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe said that Ramaphosa should be given time and space to lead both the ANC and the state.
Describing it as constitutionally flawed, he said it had clear deficiencies.
Paul Mashatile, following a meeting of the secretariat forum, said that a progress report showed that branches won't meet the 2 October deadline.
Bheki Mtolo in a letter to Motlanthe, which Eyewitness News has seen, said the instruction to provincial and regional executive committees to stop speaking on the internal contest comes too late.
In a letter penned to treasurer general Paul Mashatile, who is the acting secretary general, Motlanthe described the move as premature and undemocratic.
The former leader, who is currently heading up the ANC’s electoral commission, said that December’s national conference must address how corrupted the internal contest has become.
The party has adopted the nomination process and rules of the conference.
Speaking at the ANC's 6th National Policy Conference on 30 July 2022, former ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe spoke on some of the issues faced by the ruling party.
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe spoke to media on the side lines of the ANC’s policy conference at Nasrec on Saturday.
