ANCWL's endorsement of Dlamini-Zuma is divisive, premature - ANC
9 January 2017
Johannesburg – The ANC has come down hard on its women's league for endorsing Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its presidential candidate.
The party has labelled the move premature, divisive and in defiance of its national executive committee (NEC).
ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) pronouncement "undermines the very same efforts of fostering unity in the ANC as it is against the decisions taken by the NEC that all its structures, including leagues, must desist from discussing leadership of the ANC".
The ANC said the party had only opened discussions based on a set of principles that should guide the party in naming its leaders.