Sanco disowns event which elected Zuma as KZN chair
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed shock at the launch of a structure which referred to itself as the organsation's provincial structure.
Former president Jacob Zuma was elected as the KZN provincial chairperson at Friday's event.
But Sanco's provincial secretary Sizwe Cele says the organisation's existing provincial executive committee has been in place since June 2021.
"This PEC was officially launched in Durban at Moses Mabhida Stadium on 12 June 2021. In terms of the constitution of Sanco, its term of office expires after four years, which is 12 June 2025 in this case."
Cele says Friday's meeting was illegal and unconstitutional.
"Friday’s bogus provincial conference confirmed the view which the leadership of Sanco has held since 2019 that some at the highest echelons of the ANC are the architects of the obliteration of this revolutionary civic movement called Sanco. We have always maintained that only time will tell and Friday was the time."
Cele says Sanco is already involved in legal proceedings against the group of people who organised Friday's event.
"It is regrettable that South African courts take this long to schedule such matters of national importance as many South African citizens are affected, considering the significant size of the membership of Sanco and the general public who are the recipients of the civic services of Sanco. We have subsequently seen people trying to convert Sanco into a political party to achieve their botched political ambitions.
"As if Friday's fiasco is not enough, today we were further amused to the statement of their bogus NEC in the news issued by their so-called general secretary Robbie Tsikwe that their NEC is not aware of yesterday’s conference. As such he deemed it a bogus conference. In a nutshell, what happened at the Coastlands Hotel in Durban yesterday never happened," says Cele.
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