Africa-Press – South-Africa. The ANC’s efforts to raise funds have paid off, as the much-anticipated conference for the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) is set to start at the end of June.
The ANCYL’s last national conference was held in 2015.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the convener of the league’s newly elected national task team (NYTT), Xola Nqola, announced that the national conference would sit from 30 June to 4 July.
ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Mduduzi Manana has been roped into organising the conference. Other people who will assist in the logistics are Chrispin Phiri, the spokesperson for the justice minister, and NEC member Zuko Godlimpi, who will be part of the policy and drafting committee.
In the statement, Nqola said the NYTT held a meeting on 10 April to plan and discuss the conference’s guidelines.
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Nqola said the new NYTT had received a handover report from the previous task team.
Last month, the ANC dissolved the previous NYTT that was led by NEC members Nonceba Mhlauli and Joy Maimela.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the previous NYTT had been dissolved mainly because of infighting and factions.
Mhlauli, who was the convener, was replaced by Nqola while Maimela, who was the coordinator, was replaced by deputy minister in the Presidency Sonto Motaung.
Nqola said:
He added that leading up to the conference the NYTT would hold branch political education [sessions] and regional general councils, and it would visit provinces in April.
In the statement, Nqola said it was an “urgent need” that the youth league holds its conference.
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