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The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has called for the scrapping of the party’s step-aside policy, saying it is not serving its intended purpose. It’s one of the resolutions adopted at the pro-vincial elective conference held this past weekend at the Olive Convention Centre in Dur-ban. If the resolution is approved at the National Policy Conference, it will then be taken to the the National Conference, in December for approval.

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Former KZN ANC chair Sihle Zikalala excluded from provincial committee too

Former KwaZulu-Natal ANC chair and premier Sihle Zikalala’s political woes continued at the weekend, as he failed to make it onto the party’s provincial executive committee (PEC).

Zikalala, who is now exposed and is at the mercy of the new leadership, had accepted nomination as an additional member of the structure on Sunday, after losing the chair po-sition to Siboniso Duma by more than 200 votes.

Mdumiseni Ntuli‚ the outgoing provincial secretary-general who was on Zikalala’s slate contesting for re-election‚ made the cut onto the PEC, with Jomo Sibiya‚ Kwazi Mshengu and Nontembeko Boyce‚ who contested for treasurer‚ deputy chair and deputy provincial secretary, respectively.

The new ANC provincial leadership has Duma as chair‚ Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu as de-puty chair‚ Bheki Mtolo as secretary‚ Sipho Hlomuka as deputy secretary and Ntuthuko Mahlaba as treasurer.