The African National Congress (ANC) has reiterated its position about the selection of its councillors. Speaking at the Daily Maverick Gathering in Midrand on Friday‚ ANC treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize said the party is dealing with the dissatisfaction of certain selections.“We are dealing with the grievances that are coming from our selection processes. It is always expected that there will be some aggrieved party‚ so there is a process that we use that we deal with those‚” said Mkhize.Mkhize was the first speaker on the line-up at the Gathering.Asked by moderator Ranjeni Munusamy why ANC members are killing each other to be councillors‚ Mkhize said: “That for me is a criminal issue… So we have to just act on it on the basis that it doesn't matter how much contest there is‚ it doesn't matter how much people dislike each other.“Once there is crime involved‚ it has to be taken as an issue of criminal action that needs police to get involved.”This comes as the killings of ANC members in KwaZulu-Natal have erupted yet again. With just under two months before the local government elections‚ more ANC members have been coming out to voice their dissatisfaction with the nomination of councillors in some areas.So far this year‚ there have been at least five murders believed to be linked to politics and‚ in the past five years‚ there have been at least 55. Of those‚ 47 were in KwaZulu-Natal.Stephen Grootes‚ who was also a moderator‚ put it to Mkhize that surely the ANC could have anticipated that there would be discontent with the selection of councillors.Mkhize replied: “The issue of early warning mechanisms does belong to the area of governance. You have to have the issue of municipalities that as an administration‚ have to deal with issues. You have the issue of police who have to deal with issues where there are issues of unrest."So‚ Luthuli House does not play a direct role in those issues."When asked about the issue of President Jacob Zuma's private Nkandla homestead having an effect on the confidence of the leadership of the ruling party‚ Mkhize said: "The issue of Nkandla… I think we have learnt a lot of lessons from it.“There are number of mistakes in that programme‚ and we need to be able to correct all of that because if we don’t deal with it‚ there's obviously going to be a similar situation in the future.”– TMG Digital/TMG Local Government..