Mashatile confident meeting will save party

Somila Nkosana

04 September 2016

Gauteng African National Congress chairperson Paul Mashatile says he is confident that the current Provincial Executive Committee meeting will save the party.

Mashatile spoke during an extended PEC meeting on Friday where he warned against members being victims of their own propaganda. He says the organisation needs to manage perceptions that the ANC has become complacent to corruption and condescending when “members speak out against the ills of the party.”

Mashatile has told top ranking ANC officials not to fall into the trap of believing the party had won the election because that would plunge it into further denialism.

The Gauteng ANC chairperson has concluded that the pain felt by the party has been “self-inflicted” and deep introspection is needed. He says it is time they listened to the voters.