ANC reconfigures leadership: Mike Mabuyakhulu takes over as KZN provincial convener, replacing Jeff Radebe

The ANC reconfigures its KwaZulu-Natal leadership, with Fikile Mbalula confirming Mike Mabuyakhulu’s appointment to lead the Provincial Task Team and oversee campaign and organisational work. African National Congress (ANC) secretary-generalFikile Mbalulahas announcedMike Mabuyakhuluas the new provincial convener of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal. He replacesJeff Radebeas part of a reconfigured Provincial Task Team (PTT) that will lead the organisation’s election campaign and broader organisational renewal in the province.

Addressing the media in Durban on Wednesday, Mbalula said the decision followed the lapsing of the term of the previous PTT, which had been appointed in February 2025 with the mandate to build organisational structures in line with the ANC’s national conference resolutions, constitutional framework and election manifesto. He said the National Working Committee (NWC) had acted on the mandate of the National Executive Committee (NEC) after the expiry of both the Provincial Task Team and Regional Task Teams, adding that their performance had been reviewed through engagements at the provincial level. Mbalula said that, at this stage, only the officials of the PTT had been announced, with the full list of members to be released the following week, including the reconfiguration of Regional Task Teams across KwaZulu-Natal.

He said the ANC had made changes to the provincial structure following its assessment, and acknowledged outgoing leaders. “We wish to thank Comrade Jeff Radebe who has now been reassigned to other tasks in the organisation, and that will be announced very soon in terms of the assignment of tasks to Comrade Jeff,” Mbalula said. He added that Radebe was “a stalwart and the veteran of our movement who at all times is always available to do organisational work of the African National Congress.” He also thanked Weziwe Thusi andNomusa Dube-Ncubefor their roles in the provincial structure.

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Mbalula confirmed that Mabuyakhulu would serve as provincial convener, supported by Bongi Sithole-Moloi as first deputy provincial convener andSiboniso Dumaas second deputy convener. James Nxumalo was appointed provincial coordinator, with Siphesihle Mgaga as deputy coordinator, whileNomagugu Simelanewould remain the provincial fundraiser.

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