The first changes in the ANC’s leadership were seen this past weekend, when an ally of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mxolisi Dukwana, was elected as the provincial chairperson of the party. <.
During its two-year tenure, the Free State ANC’s Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) grappled with criminal syndicates that operated in the corridors of the state and were fleecing it dry resulting in the collapse of services, the party’s political report reads.
The much-anticipated Free State ANC elective conference was yet to get underway on Friday evening as violent clashes with law enforcement officials marred proceedings.
Details surrounding the arrest of six ANC members in the Free State after they allegedly clashed with police outside the party's ninth provincial elective conference venue remain sketchy.
The spokesperson for the provincial Department of Police, Roads and Transport (DPRT), Hillary Mophethe, explains that the bridge and road will be closed from Monday, 16 January until Tuesday, 17 Ja.