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SOME determined ANC branches in the Eastern Cape have vowed to “attend” an aborted elective conference even though the party’s provincial task team has announced that the gathering has been postponed to a date yet to be confirmed.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has postponed its 9th Provincial Conference set to take place this week to an unknown date.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has postponed the party's elective conference for the province which was scheduled to start on Friday.

The long-awaited Eastern Cape ANC provincial elective conference has been postponed, the party announced on Tuesday night. DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za) previously reported that the conference, scheduled to take place on Friday, may be interdicted after two law firms wrote separately to party bigwigs, calling on them to get their house in order or run the risk of the gathering being halted by a court.

Some members of the African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga are unhappy with the decision made by ANC Woman's League for nominating former Mpumalanga Agriculture MEC Mandla Msibi for the position of treasurer and chairperson in the party’s elective conference that is underway. Msibi, who has been accused of murder and attempted murder, said if he wins the nomination he will make himself available for the position.

They claimed the NWC had no right to convert the Provincial Executive Committee into a task team , insisting only the National Executive Committee has the powers to turn a PEC into a PTT.

In an application brought forward by Vilanculo Franciso and Edward Mhlangu the High Court in Johannesburg was asked to halt the conference over the appointment of the Provincial Task Team.

KZN police have yet again launched a manhunt following the mass shooting in Umlazi, south of Durban.

Police have launched a manhunt for suspects who allegedly gunned down six men in Umlazi N section on Monday.

Six young men have been gunned down in an attack at a home in Umlazi, south of Durban.