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ANC members of the North West structure during a meeting.
The ANC in the North West says the party is functioning well despite many branches in the province not being in good standing. 60% of ANC branches in the North West are not in good standing.
The terms of office of many Branch Executive Committees (BEC) have expired.
The SABC has reliably learnt that in Bojanala, the party’s biggest region in the province, with a total of 153 branches, fewer than ten branches are in good standing.
Interim structures are currently leading many branches.
PEC member and Spokesperson Tumelo Maruping says plans were made to ensure functionality.
“The guidelines that we have issued as the ANC Provincial Executive Committee was that branches that have lapsed since the last national conference must turn the BEC (Branch Executive Committees) into the BTT (Branch Task Team). Where the BEC does not exist, we then instructed them to establish a task team which will lead to a BBMG. The BBMG is where the BEC gets to nominate a BEC,” he says.
Meanwhile, political analyst Thabang Motswaledi says the situation is worrying.
“It clearly shows you about the kind of leadership that is in the party. The ANC still struggles to find resonance among the people. The (North West) is still one of the provinces that is still the stronghold of the African National Congress. So, therefore, this tells a story, to say the ANC needs to actually look in the mirror and at self,” says Motswaledi.
