As the ANC’s 55th National Elective Conference convenes for day three, voting for the party’s Top 7 officials is expected to take place today.

The conference is scheduled to wrap up on Tuesday.

Nominations for the officials which saw the addition of a seventh member were announced earlier today.

There are at least 4 436 voting delegates whose credentials were approved.

Interesting facts:

ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Zweli Mkhize will go up against current ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa for president, while NEC member and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, Eastern Cape Premier and ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane and ANC treasurer general and acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile are vying for the deputy president position.

ANC MP Lindiwe Sisulu was elected from the floor for treasurer general, however, she failed to garner the threshold required which is 25%.

CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma declined nominations for president.

NEC member and outgoing deputy president David Mabuza also declined nominations for deputy president.

Of the existing Top 6, only Ramaphosa and national chair and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe might possibly come back in their existing positions.

Nominations:

• ANC president: ANC NEC member Zweli Mkhize and incumbent ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa.
• ANC deputy president: ANC treasurer-general and acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile, ANC NEC member and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and Eastern Cape Premier and ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane.
• ANC national chairperson: Limpopo Premier and ANC provincial chair Stanley Mathabatha, ANC national chair and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe and ANC NEC member and Deputy Minister of Finance David Masondo.
• ANC secretary-general: Former KwaZulu-Natal ANC secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli, former Eastern Cape premier Phumulo Masualle and ANC head of elections and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula.
• First ANC deputy secretary-general: ANC NEC member and the party’s national head of organising, Nomvula Mokonyane, and ANC MP and NEC member Tina Joemat-Peterson.
• Second ANC deputy secretary-general: ANC Women’s League national co-ordinator Maropene Ramokgopa and ANC member Ronalda Nalumango.
• ANC treasurer-general: ANC member and Ramaphosa’s special advisor Bejani Chauke, outgoing ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe, ANC Ekurhuleni regional chairperson Mzwandile Masina and ANC NEC member Gwen Ramokgopa.

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