By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko was elected the Gauteng’s African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) chairperson.
Mazibuko went head-to-head with two of the league provincial’s heavyweight, Dolly Ledwaba.
She won by 371 votes, beating Ledwaba who obtained 331 votes.
For deputy chairperson, Tshidi Tsotetsi won by 361 votes beating Lindiwe Khonjelwayo with 336 votes.
Secretary, Teliswa Mgweba received 376 votes beating her contender, Esther Nhlapho, with 318 votes.
the deputy secretary’s position saw Annah Gela receive 346 votes narrowly beating her competitor, Sylvia Mcungeli who got 343 votes.
For the treasurer’s position, Portia Sobantu topped with 360 votes and Sihle Ngubane obtained 334 votes.
The conference which was held in Benoni, started on Friday and was supposed to end on Sunday. However, due to logistics delays, it ended on Monday.
Mazibuko said, it was “ill-discipline” that the party’s conferences were renowned for starting and ending late, saying ANC members took advantage of that and had an attitude of, “I won’t arrive early, the conference will not start on time”.
“We have to respect time. If we have developed a programme that says Friday is for registration and accreditation, we must complete that by Friday. Our whole Saturday was wasted because of registration and accreditation.”
Mazibuko asserted: So, the importance of us keeping time is one principle that we need to bring back into our organisation. We cannot function abnormally and expect things to work normally. Time is very important.