ANC says its Gauteng candidates meet quality standards
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SABC News
The ANC in Gauteng says its selection criteria have produced competent candidates for municipal councils after the local elections. The party highlights training requirements and checks aimed at excluding candidates with criminal records, according to SABC News.
The ANC in Gauteng says its rules for selecting candidates for municipal councillor positions enabled it to retain competent profiles, despite having no proportional-representation seats in the province’s three metros after the previous week’s local elections, reports SABC News.
Sochaile Khanyile, the ANC’s provincial coordinator in Gauteng, says candidates had to meet minimum criteria, particularly regarding education level, and undergo a vetting procedure intended to exclude people with criminal records. He believes these candidates will be able to represent the ANC in negotiations on the composition of municipal executives.
The position comes after the 7 November local election results, which confirmed the ANC’s decline in several major cities in Gauteng, notably Johannesburg. On 10 November, former South African president Thabo Mbeki had called on the ANC leadership to prioritise the party’s survival after its defeat in the local elections, according to previous reports.
