Lungisa set to quit as regional ANC chair

Andile Lungisa is ready to step down as ANC Nelson Mandela Bay regional chairman‚ but says he is going to contest the position of the party’s Eastern Cape provincial secretary at its conference in July.

The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting‚ which concluded on Sunday‚ discussed the matter and agreed that Lungisa should step down.

• ANC's Lungisa gets an ultimatum from top sixNewly elected Nelson Mandela Bay regional chairman Andile Lungisa has until the end of Thursday to resign or face disciplinary action‚ the ANC’s Eastern Cape bosses have instructed.

This comes after he was elected ANC regional chairman of Nelson Mandela Bay earlier this month‚ a position he was not eligible to stand for as he was already a member of a higher party structure.

• Lungisa using delaying tactics‚ says Eastern Cape ANC MabuyaneANC Eastern Cape provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane has accused Andile Lungisa of using delaying tactics by refusing to resign‚ pointing out he that he was advised as early as the beginning of 2016 not to contest the post of Metro regional leader.

He had apparently stood for the position in defiance of ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and had accused Luthuli House of misinterpreting the party’s rules. An NEC official said some members‚ including former ANC Youth League treasurer Pule Mabe‚ who had defended Lungisa‚ were defeated at the meeting.

• Lungisa defies 'advice' giversANC Eastern Cape secretary Oscar Mabuyane has accused Andile Lungisa of using delaying tactics by refusing to resign, saying that he was "advised" last year not to contest the post of Nelson Mandela Bay metro regional leader. 

The NEC concluded that Lungisa should resign from the regional chairmanship position.

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