By Simon Nare
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday that candidates for mayoral positions ahead of the 2026 local government elections will be subjected to public participation processes and will be required to take up ANC membership.
Mbalula said the ANC had broken with its traditional practice of only fielding members in good standing, and would now also consider candidates nominated by communities to stand under the party’s banner.
He said individuals who had embraced the ANC and were endorsed by community members would be eligible to serve under its banner.
He added that some current ANC councillors serving under the party’s name were not members in good standing, and said the same approach would now apply to mayoral candidates.
“So, we are following the same pattern when it comes to mayors. It is something new. We are introducing something that is called by mandate of the National General
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