The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Bojanala Region has raised concerns on the state of the ANC and the ongoing ANC councillor candidate selection processes across all municipalities in Bojanala. The ANCYL regional executive committee (REC) said it has noted with grave concern the allegations of manipulation, interference and undemocratic practices in the candidate selection processes across various ANC branches in Bojanala.
According to the ANCYL Bojanala regional spokesperson, Pako Mokua, this conduct is a direct attack on the democratic character of the ANC and a betrayal of the trust placed in it by communities. Mokua said it is particularly alarming that this is happening at a time when young people, who remain largely non-aligned to narrow factional interests are voluntarily stepping forward to offer themselves for public office and community service.
“We must state categorically clear that the ANC is in a crisis of electoral decline, currently sitting at 40% nationally. What we are witnessing in Bojanala is not organisational renewal, but self-destruction. The current infighting and alleged manipulations are not a result of external infiltration. They are a self-inflicted wound intended to weaken and bury the ANC ahead of the next local government elections.
“The organisational report confirmed a disturbing and consistent pattern in branches across Bojanala, where young candidates who emerged through legitimate, democratic community processes are being systematically targeted, removed and replaced by ANC branch executive committees and certain regional deployees,” he said.
Mokua further said the REC cites, as a case in point, the unjustifiable re-run ordered in Rustenburg Sub-Region, Ward 1-Phatsima village by the ANC BEC leadership. This decision is a blatant subversion of the will of the people and sets a dangerous precedent that threatens to collapse confidence in the ANC. He added that the ANCYL condemns in the strongest terms the tendency to undermine community outcomes through rigged branch general meetings (BGMs), where membership registers are manipulated by ANC branch secretaries.
“This is an attack on the sovereignty of the branch and on the renewal agenda of the ANC. We call on all young people who were elected and endorsed in community meetings to report any acts of victimisation, removal or manipulation to us.
“The ANCYL Bojanala will closely monitor all selection processes and provide immediate political and organisational support to all young people contesting both ward and proportional representation councillors in line with the ANC’s commitment on generational mix and renewal. The REC resolved that every third name on the PR list must be a young person during the reordering process,” said Mokua.
He said this is a non-negotiable principle to guarantee the future leadership of the ANC. Mokua said any attempt to tamper with this principle will be challenged.
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Updated: July 2026
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