Mpumalanga ANC begs Luthuli House to intervene

The ANC in Mpumalanga has sounded the alarm to Luthuli House, pleading for urgent political intervention amid deepening chaos in the province’s Women’s League, just days after Sunday World lifted the lid on allegations of rigged branch meetings and internal mutiny.

- By Tshwarelo eseng Mogakane

In a letter dated November 12, provincial secretary Muzi Chirwa implores the national leadership to step in, warning that the situation has reached a breaking point and that the organisation’s women’s wing faces “total deterioration” if urgent measures are not taken.

Addressed to ANC Women's League secretary-general Nokuthula Ngaba and copied to ANCWL provincial task team (PTT) coordinator and Economic Development MEC Jesta Sidell, the correspondence concedes that the women’s league’s work on the ground “has not achieved the rebuilding and stability” promised across all three regions of Nkangala, Gert Sibande and Ehlanzeni.

“The membership of the ANCWL in the branches has largely been excluded from the conference processes,” wrote Chirwa. “The convening of branch general meetings was not fully communicated to branches and was not properly done, leading to allegations of delegates being appointed by phone.”