ANC Sekhukhune Secretary urges ambitious leaders to engage
Newly elected ANC Sekhukhune Regional Secretary, Tala Mathope, has called on individuals aspiring to become provincial leaders to engage with the regional leadership. Mathope and the top five were elected during the 9th Regional Conference held last week at Boeketlong Lodge in Jane Furse.
The conference elected Sekhukhune District Mayor Minah Bahula as the regional Chairperson. Elias Motsoaledi Mayor David Tladi is the deputy chairperson, while Mathope is the secretary. Eddie Maila was elected Deputy Secretary and Given Moimana the Treasurer.
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The ANC Sekhukhune Conference is one of the four regional elective Congress expected to give an indication on who will take over from Stan Mathabatha as the leader of the province.
Norman Mashabane Region [Mopani] will host their conference from 2-4 May in Tzaneen. They will be followed by the highly contested Peter Mokaba Region as well as the Vhembe Region.
Addressing ANC members gathered outside the venue following the top five elections, Mathole
“Those who are in the PEC are here. Comrades, if you have ambitions, Minah Bahula is here. You must talk to her. You must start to talk to her, she is the regional chair,” Mathope told the crowd.
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“The Sekhukhune Regional is ours. We don’t report to anybody in Polokwane. We don’t report in Petersburg, we report in Elias Phakane Moretsele House. Those who are in Petersburg who want us to report to them, we are saying to them asizi [we are not coming].
“Whoever wants to talk to us must come here in the region. The entry and the exit point of this region is Minah Bahula. There are no two entry and exit points. The only entry in this region and the exit point is the regional chair,” he said.
“We also want to tell you that we will never take your support for granted. The support that you have demonstrated since we started this process, we will never betray your support. As and when we move, we will move with you.
“We will also be together and we will move together as we move to the Provincial conference. When we move and pass here to Petersburg for a Provincial conference.”
