Roads were closed in Dundee’s CBD on Sunday morning with news that the ANC’s top brass, including National chairman Gwede Mantashe, and Thandi Modise, Zizi Kodwa, and Senzo Mchunu are meeting regions in the Newcastle and Dundee areas.

The meeting was held in the Moth Hall.

The meetings are part of the ANC’s National Executive in a bid to unify KwaZulu-Natal regions, listen to the qualms of branches, and finalise a date for the divided province to finally hold its elective conference.

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has been split into two factions since its 2015 provincial conference where new leadership was elected. One camp backs Ramaphosa and the South African Communist Party, and former ANC provincial chairman and axed premier Senzo Mchunu. This faction gathered on Monday calling for the postponement of the provincial elective conference, claiming they were being barred from branch meetings and registering as members in good standing.

Sunday’s meeting saw a large group ejected from the meeting as only branch chairs and secretaries were allowed to attend. It also saw private broadcaster eNCA’s cameraman and journalist stopped from filming during a live broadcast, while shouts of “factional”, directed at the television crew, could be heard in the background. Other journalists were also told to stop recording or taking photographs with no reasons given.

No details were released following the meeting in Dundee.