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On 30 January 2023, the ANC announced that it had co-opted four party members onto the NEC in an attempt to increase minority representation on the party's highest decision-making body between conferences. The four party members are as follows: [8] Gerhard Koornhof; Alvin Botes; Fawzia Peer; Steve Mapaseka Letsike
A seat in the National Assembly becomes vacant if the member dies, resigns, ceases to be eligible, ceases to be a member of the party that nominated them, or is elected to the office of President of South Africa. The vacancy is filled from the same party list as the former member.
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority in the legislature by earning a total of 44 seats, a loss of eight seats from the previous legislature. [ 2 ] The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) (13 seats) regained the title of official opposition, after losing it to the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the 2014 general election . [ 3 ]
Members of the NEC must have been paid-up members of the ANC for at least five years prior to nomination, and at least half must be women. [1] The NEC consists of: [1] The "Top Seven" (president, deputy president, national chairperson, secretary-general, two deputy secretaries-general, and treasurer-general); Eighty further members;
The ANC elective conference began on 16 December 2017. On the second day of the conference, delegates nominated candidates for the officials ("Top Six" leadership positions (President, Deputy President, Chairperson, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Treasurer)) as follows, [3] with voting running through the night on 17 to 18 December, and results announced on the evening of ...
The party requires at least 50% of the NWC members to be women. Some members are appointed full-time and have specific party responsibilities, while others hold other political offices. The NWC may invite any party member in good standing to attend its meetings and be given assignments, but the party member may not speak on behalf of the NWC ...
The Provincial Executive Committees (PECs) of the African National Congress (ANC) are the chief executive organs of the party's nine provincial branches. Comprising the so-called “Top Five” provincial officials and up to 30 additional elected members, each is structured similarly to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) and is elected every four years at party provincial conferences.
The ANC's Lehlogonolo Masoga resigned during the first session of the legislature and was replaced by Joshua Matlou in August 2019. [8] In January 2020, Tshitereke Matibe was sworn in as a member after Goodman Mitileni , also of the ANC, resigned to take up a party position. [ 9 ]