No 'premier league' in ANC - Maine
Mbombela - ANC Youth League (ANCYL) President Collen Maine has rejected reports that there is a so-called "premier league" that seeks to control the governing party.
Maine took time to "clear the air" about the rumuors of the "premier league" while addressing journalists in Mbombela on Tuesday afternoon.
"Now let us clarify that there is no league called Premier in the ANC. The last congress of the ANC approved three leagues, which include the Youth League, the Women's League (ANCWL) and the Veteran's League. So this thing called premier league is a concoction by people who want to contest and hijack the ANC," he said.
Maine was speaking ahead of the provincial ANC congress, where new office bearers were expected to be elected and some of the old ones retained.
He said those who created the premier league rumours had actually failed to have their way during the ANCWL national congress this year, where Bathabile Dlamini was elected chairperson.