Masabata Mkwananzi|Published1 hour agoMasuku welcomes court’s dismissal of the legal challenge to ANC Joburg leadership

“This matter has never been about personalities; it is about the integrity of our processes.” Those were the words of Stan Itshegetseng after a dramatic legal bid to overturn the ANC Johannesburg regional leadership was struck off the roll, with the Gauteng High Court dismissing his urgent application challenging the election ofregional chairperson Loyiso Masuku. Speaking toThe Starlast night, Masuku welcomed the Gauteng High Court’s decision, describing it as a reaffirmation of the party’s internal processes. , Masuku welcomed the Gauteng High Court’s decision, describing it as a reaffirmation of the party’s internal processes.

“The African National Congress in Johannesburg welcomes the court judgment. This judgment confirms that disputes of any conference must be first dealt with internally,” she said. This follows the court’s decision to throw out the application on procedural grounds, ruling a lack of urgency in the case brought by Itshegetseng, a former special advisor to the ANC’s previous regional chairperson and advisor to the COS in the City of Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero’s office.

The ruling effectively brought the matter to an immediate halt, preventing the substantive merits of the dispute from being tested. Itshegetseng toldThe Starthat the challenge is not a personal attack on Masuku but a broader fight over internal democracy within the party. “This matter has never been about personalities.

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Cde and Councilor Loyiso Masuku is a leader I respect, both as a comrade and as a public representative. The issues raised are institutional, not personal. They concern the integrity of organisational processes and the credibility of outcomes arising from the ANC Johannesburg Regional Conference.”

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