Zweli mkhize
Kodwa concerned about lack of KZN representation in ANC top 7
At least 4,400 delegates gathered at the Nasrec Expo Centre in the south of Johannesburg for the five-day political event.
Instead of a top six as has been the case over the years, the governing party has seven leaders after adding the position of second deputy secretary general.
Leaders and delegates disagree on the reason why they haven't been able to see representation in the top leadership of the ANC.
Ahead of the conference, they were confident that most of their provincial members would make the party's top seven.
ANC delegates voted late into the night for the party’s top seven.
This comes after influential Limpopo leaders instructed delegates to forgo their branch mandates and not support Ramaphosa. But this has been rejected by the delegates.
The issue of Eskom and other state-owned entities are going to be put up for discussion in the ANC’s upcoming national elective conference this Friday.
Mapisa-Nqakula said by its nature that Parliament is a highly politicised space.
ANC Zone 5 chairperson Siyabonga Masiza said the party was in a fractured state as it's in the grip of factionalism.
The African National Congress (ANC)'s national executive committee (NEC) will meet for yet another special sitting on Friday, where it's expected to receive outstanding reports from its integrity committee, including on party president Cyril Ramaphosa and the Phala Phala saga.
"If it's corruption there will be a lot of noise if it's so and so, there is less noise if it's so and so. We are saying it's a problem of factionalism."
Mkhize was part of those who joined thousands at the Enyokeni royal palace in Nongoma in Northern KZN.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and former health minister Zweli Mkhize will go head-to-head for the position of party president
Bongo addressed journalists outside the Nelspruit Commercial Court on Wednesday after the multimillion-rand trial against him and 17 others was postponed to next year June.
With the ANC set to elect its new leadership next month - the KZN ANC continues endorsing its presidential candidate Zweli Mkhize.
The nominations are finally in! Eyewitness News's Tshidi Madia talks about the next steps for the African National Congress in the lead up to the party's 55th national elective conference.
The ANCYL task team - which met to nominate leaders last night - also endorsed Paul Mashatile as his deputy.
There are claims that former health minister Zweli Mkhize was off the hook.
The SIU is investigating Zweli Mkhize's involvement in the awarding of a R150 million communication tender to Digital Vibes during the COVID-19 pandemic, which later led to his resignation as health minister.