Whoever emerges as the new leader of the ANC in the Eastern Cape will have won a closely contested conference where no faction was completely assured of its electoral might.
ANC provincial convener Oscar Mabuyane said he deserved a second term because of the “credible work” his leadership collective had done for the ANC and the people of the Eastern Cape.
The conference, which starts on Friday, was postponed a few days before it could sit last month, to the disappointment of delegates who believed they would emerge victorious at the conference.