ANC Johannesburg’s new chairperson Loyiso Masuku after winning the election at the regional conference at the Cedarwoods Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, 5 December 2025. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen Questions are still swirling about the authenticity of the outcomes of the ANC’s regional elective conference, held in December last year. The conference saw Loyiso Masuku emerge as the new chairperson of the ANC in Johannesburg, but a faction that supports Joburg mayor Dada Morero believes the conference was rigged.
The ANC and the police are now investigating allegations of vote buying and potential vote rigging. This also comes after ballot papers used at this conference were found at a house in Pretoria on Sunday. It has been reported that the house belongs to the owner of the elections agency that oversaw the electoral process.
Morero has complained to the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, about the relationship that the owner of the election agency has with Masuku. With all these developments taking place, the region’s spokesperson Mantombi Nkosi toldThe Citizenthat the region will meet on Monday to discuss its next step forward. Mbalula confirmed to the media over the weekend that there are several complaints about the ANC Johannesburg conference.
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“Allegations and complaints and so on, if they are not tested,they remain rumours. So, we heard about money and all of that, but it has not been tested that money indeed exchanged hands. “All other issues that are being raised with the secretary general, I have received all those complaints and I have sent them to the electoral commission, which includes NEC members and members of the provincial task team to respond to those. “They will respond and report back to the secretary-general, the SG will then communicate with the complainants,” he said.
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