Statement

The ANC Veterans’ League (ANCVL) National Executive Committee (NEC) has taken note of the article that appeared in City Press, 2 April 2024, with the headline “Gauteng ANC Veterans’ League take party to court over disbandment of provincial leadership”.

The ANCVL NEC confirms that on 22 March 2024, a Notice of Motion Application was served on the ANC Veterans’ League, by 17 individuals who were members of an irregularly constituted ANCVL Provincial Executive Committee, in Gauteng. These individuals were purportedly elected at a Veterans’ League Conference of 91 delegates held on 16-18 October 2022 which was convened without the approval of the then ANCVL NEC.

It is the ANC National Executive Committee that established the official National Task Team (NTT) of the ANC Veterans’ League. The NTT was mandated to establish Provincial Task Teams in preparation for properly constituted elective provincial conferences, This process was completed in seven provinces and will be completed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal before the end of this year. The NTT was also tasked to prepare for the third National Conference that was successfully held on 28 – 30 July 2023.

The ANCVL has filed a Motion of Intention to Oppose the said Application. We are confident that once all the issues are duly and fully ventilated in court, justice will be served.

As the ANC Veterans’ League NEC we wish to advise that no further comments and/or views will be expressed through the media.

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Issued on behalf of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Veterans’ League:

Dr. Snuki Zikalala,
President of ANC Veteran’s League
Mobile number: 0825619300