STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FOLLOWING THE NEC MEETING HELD ON THE 22nd- 23rd NOVEMBER 2014
The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress met in its regular meeting on the 22nd to the 23rd November 2014 at the St. Georges Hotel, Irene, Tswane. This ordinary meeting was the last sitting of the NEC for the current year, 2014.
As is customary, the meeting received and discussed the Political Overview by the President of the ANC, Comrade Jacob Zuma. The report was a frank and honest analysis about contemporary issues and the challenges facing the movement and the country as a whole.
The meeting also received a detailed report on the state of the organization covering our structures at provincial and regional level. The NEC noted that ANC structures across the country are intact and busy with the important work of mobilizing our communities around issues that affect them.
The NEC was emphatic that our structures must remain rooted amongst the people, taking an active part in people's organs such as street committees, village committees and neighbourhood watch structures, amongst many others, to ensure our organization lives - agitating our people to be their own liberators. Unity of the ANC at all levels remains paramount.
The NEC reflected on the following issues and reports: