Viral video exposes ANC North West infighting ahead of local elections

ANC deputy provincial secretary Viola Motsumi. Picture: Facebook/ANC North West Province With local government elections around the corner, infighting in the North West ANC has flared once again. ANC deputy provincial secretary Viola Motsumi, who is also North West MEC for education, is again hogging the headlines with her verbal aggression against her fellow ANC leaders.

This time, she is purportedly heard in a video lashing out at provincial secretary Louis Diremelo, accusing him of working against the provincial executive committee (PEC), claiming Diremelo wanted to see the PEC dissolved by the national ANC. Previously, she criticised the provincial secretary for opposing the PEC positions. This after Diremelo ordered a re-run of the local council candidates’ nomination process in the Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (RSM) region, where many ANC branch general meetings were allegedly not constitutionally convened.

Concerned RSM members said some regional and provincial leaders were accused of imposing their own candidates, ignoring those selected by branches. The alleged selection rigging has caused infighting between the grassroots and the provincial leadership. The RSM ANC regional conference election was nullified by Luthuli House in May after allegations of results rigging and unconstitutional processes.

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This prompted Diremelo to order a re-run of the process, something that caused Motsumi to protest publicly. Motsumi is suspicious of Diremelo, whom she allegedly believes always acts against PEC wishes.

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