By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The African National Congress (ANC) 55 National Conference has adopted a number of resolutions geared at reviving and transforming the country’s economy.
The conference resolved that all state-owned enterprises which operate in specific sectors of the economy should be placed under the relevant government departments.
This has been the subject of a long-standing debate in the ruling party, with some of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies agitating for it in cabinet.
Instituting this mandate would lead to further debate on the potential dissolution of the public enterprise ministry headed by Pravin Gordhan.
The party’s chairperson Gwede Mantashe said the government and the ANC needed time to assess the decision.
“Now you want me to preempt that, it can’t work that way. We must know that there is a resolution; go to structures of the ANC to take decisions,” he said.
The party has also said that unsolved cases from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) need to be relooked at by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
The party’s national executive member, David Mahlobo said this was the resolution by the ANC’s peace and stability commission taken at its recent national elective conference held at Nasrec last month.
Mahlobo said there are many people who were not prosecuted after the TRC, and there are still many families searching for answers about where their loved ones were buried.
He said there is a great political will from the governing party to finally give the NPA the necessary tools and capacity to expedite its ongoing investigations.
“There are difficulties because these matters have been there over time and some of these matters if we deal with them in terms of inquests and so forth, bring them to the courts it takes time, but there’s a task team around missing persons’ cases so that we know the mortal remains of our loved ones and those who fought for freedom and justice in our land.
“That work is going in there, in terms of providing resources to deal with those issues is very important,” he added.
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