By Thapelo Molefe
The ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) has resolved to reconfigure the party’s Western Cape structures and establish a Provincial Task Team (PTT) to stabilise the party structures ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
Announcing the decision in Cape Town on Wednesday, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said the NEC-endorsed intervention aims to restore unity, strengthen capacity, and position the movement to regain lost ground in one of the country’s most politically contested provinces.
Mbalula stressed that the restructuring was not punitive but a strategic and corrective measure to ensure the ANC remains “an effective vehicle for transformation, development, and people-centred governance.”
“The end goal is to strengthen the ANC in the Western Cape,” he said.
“We have not dissolved anyone — we have reconfigured and strengthened the leadership by bringing in comrades with experience who will add value to the collective.”
The move marks one of the
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