LIVE UPDATE: ANC media conference
2013-03-18 12:16
13:17: ANC releases full statement regarding NEC meeting.
13:06 - Nickolaus Bauer - Jackson Mthembu says moves on
youth league are historic. "Its 1st time in #ANC history we dissolve them.
It proves: Ons vat nie kak nie!"
13:03 - Mantashe: We are being bold. And you can expect more
boldness like this going forward. - M&G
13:02 - Mantashe: This is not a revenge. All decisions made
by youth league structures up until this point stands. - M&G
13:00 - Mantashe: We can't be casual about the youth league.
They are the future of #ANC. This is what informed us to break and rebuild it,
tweets M&G.
12:56 - Mail & Guardian - Mantashe: Interim youth league
will be constituted by young people and they will rebuild the youth league that
appeals to young people.
12:55 - Mantashe: It's always important to never plaster
over cracks. If you did that at home, your house would fall on you. You break
& rebuild. - Nickolaus Bauer
12:52 - Mantashe: ANC is not a sick organisation. We are
healthy. We don't hide from our problems & bury our heads in the sand, we
confront them.
12:51 - Mantashe: Rectification is not turmoil. When you
correct your organisation it's not turmoil. You are strengthening your
organisation.
12:49 - Letumile tweets: I wonder how many metaphors Gwede has uttered by now
12:42 - Mantashe: The NEC elected in Mangaung was directed
to deal with the youth league. This is what they are doing. - Nickolaus Bauer
12:41 - Mantashe: This isn't a purge. Mangaung has come and
gone, we are not purging anyone - Nickolaus Bauer
12:40 - Nickolaus Bauer tweets: Limpopo provincial leadership must be replaced within 9 months. No timeframe for replacement of youth league executive.
12:38 - Limpopo PEC dissolved & replaced with interim structure, no more than 9 months to convene a provincial conference, tweets Gia Nicolaides.
12:34 - According to Nickolaus Bauer , an interim team will
be formed & put in place by the NWC to run youth league and all regional
conferences will be stopped immediately
12:33 - Milton Nkosi tweets - Mantashe: 'You cannot have
instant leadership. The difference between instant and filter coffee is
quality!'
12:33 - Mantashe says the youth league was dissolved as a
consequence of continued ill-discipline. - M&G
12:31 - Mantashe says youth league has been disbanded.
Malema brought party into disrepute, according to Gia Nicolaides.
12:30 - Mail & Guardian - Mantashe: The NEC also
resolved the youth league executive committee should be dissolved
12:29 - Mail & Guardian tweet: Mantashe: The Limpopo PEC
was dissolved for un-ANC and factional behaviour. This faction must not be
replaced by another faction.
12:29 - Mantashe says decision was made to dissolve PEC of Limpopo for anti ANC
behaviour, tweets Gia Nicolaides
12:27 - Mantashe: Local government needs a lot of attention.
The chaos we are seeing is in a lot of cases down to lack of knowledge of #ANC
policies - Mail and Guardian
12:26 - Mantashe: observation when it comes to
councillors...local government needs a lot of attention, tweets Jacaranda
Newsteam
12:24 - Gia Nicolaides tweets: Mantashe: Free State audit
has been finalised & conference deadline extended to end of April.
12:23 - EWN Reporter tweets: #ANC Mantashe: Free State audit
has been finalised - conference deadline extended to end of April.
12:20 - @MG_Reporter Mantashe: The NEC has instructed the NWC
to look into the Tlokwe matter, where an ANC mayor was replaced by a DA one
12:19 - @ewnreporter #ANC Gwede Mantashe about to confirm
disbanding of Youth league & executive committee in Limpopo.
12: 17 - Jacaranda Newsteam: ANCNCnec Mantashe: also focused
on the #ANCYL (together with other provinces)
12:15 - @MG_Reporter Mantashe: We focused on two issues. The
induction of new NEC members and our report on the National Working Committee.
#ANC
12:15 - @NICKolausBAUER The presence of more foreign media
than usual belies the importance of these decisions. Mantashe has arrived. He's
whistling. Lets go. #ANC
12:05 - @MG_ReporterThe big news to watch out for is the NEC
decision to dissolve the youth league and Limpopo executive committees. Is this
a purge? #ANC
12:00 - @pietrampedi Luthuli House foyer packed to the rafters
as journalists await annoucement by #ANC of task teams to take over the #ANCYL
and Limpopo ANC.
11:59 - @TrevornoahThe ANC has fired all of the Youth League
leaders after they were caught shaving. "It turns out they were
adults" - Gwede M
