ANC STATEMENT ON THE NORTH WEST AND LIMPOPO
5 December 2012
The African National Congress is outraged by the claim that the Minister of Safety and Security Comrade Nathi Mthethwa and the South African Police Services took over the running of the North West Provincial Nomination Conference (PNC) over the weekend. This accusation smacks of the worst manipulation of information and misleading the public. We wish to state for the record that, the Provincial Nomination Conference was convened and run by the provincial leadership of the North West. This took place after an attempt to convene parallel nomination conferences failed.
All Provincial Nomination Conference delegates that represented eligible branches were captured and verified through existing mechanisms embodied in the nomination guidelines. To the best of the information submitted to the national office of the ANC by all concerned and legitimate parties the delegations to the PNC was officiated and approved by the provincial leadership.
This process was further endorsed by the Electoral Commission and it's agency. Before the commencement of the Provincial Nomination Conference the Provincial Secretary Comrade Kabelo Mataboge signed off the credentials as authentic.