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Members of the African National Congress in Tshwane elected Dr. Kgosi Maepa to replace Kgosientso Ramokgopa as President of the ANC.
Maepa has the daunting task of trying to regain the trust of the people of Pretoria.
The party lost power in the subway as a result of a dismal demonstration in the 2016 local elections, a development that several leaders of the ANC from Tshwane and the province said could not be imputed only to the party itself. Election of 2016
Before the 2016 elections, there were internal quarrels, as the party at the national level attempted to impose a mayoral candidate in Tshwane amidst infighting. This led to violent protests that spread throughout the region as residents rejected the movement. A coalition led by the Democratic Alliance now governs the capital.
Saturday, Ramokgopa, who is also a former mayor, said that "2016 has been a spectacular failure" where the ANC was "rejected by its people".
Although all odds were tipped for Maepa and his entire team In the top five positions, delegates imitated the result of the "unity list" of the National Watershed Elective Conference. ANC, which took place in 2017 in Nasrec. The members unified the leaders by launching electoral lists, electing Cyril Ramaphosa as president, David "DD" Mabuza as vice president and Ace Magashule as general secretary. The three had appeared on the list of Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Maepa was elected leader, Aaron Maluleka was his deputy, Eugene Modise as provincial secretary, Charles Masemola as deputy secretary and Simphiwe Mbatha as treasurer. All but Maepa were on the slate of former treasurer Paul Mojapelo.
"… replace the one I have to replace"
Maepa, who has extensive experience in ANC governance and in the corporate sector, told News24 in anticipation of the conference, he wanted to become a counselor, in order to lead the liberation movement when he was dealing with DA
"I will go to council, the first day after my appointment, I will become a councilor … and"
Maepa said that he wanted to work immediately on an opposition strategy to take over DA in Council. He also asked why the ANC in Tshwane could not approach the fighters of economic freedom in an attempt to regain control of the city. He cited the decision of the Red Berets to support an ANC candidate for the post of mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay during an attempt to dismiss Mayor Athol Trollip. The ruling party chose not to run a candidate and therefore the wishes of the FEP failed.
He also said that he wanted to rebuild the sections of the ANC in Tshwane and ensure that when members were deployed to the government, he was with competent people.
"We deploy politicians but politicians need to make sure that those they appoint to leadership positions are competent," he said.
"It would be useless to build appropriate branches and then deploy the wrong people." ] [ad_2]
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