The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday sought to "put to rest any interpretations" of a report by national executive committee (NEC) member Tokyo Sexwale on the booing of its members at a South African Communist Party special conference.

The party is at pains to clarify that the report was not discussed by its highest decision making body, the NEC, at a weekend lekgotla.

The document, on the booing of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema and other party heavyweights, was "retrieved" and "referred for processing" by the party's national working committee.

Other inputs by the delegates who were present at the conference would also be obtained, it said in a statement.

A "composite report" of all delegates at the conference would then be presented to the NEC ahead of bilateral talks with the party's ally.

This was after a report in the Sunday Independent reported that Sexwale had blamed secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande for failing to contain the tensions in the alliance.

The newspaper reported that Sexwale called on Zuma to unite the alliance before the ANC imploded.

At a media briefing on Monday, Mantashe and ANC policy chief Jeff Radebe said the report was not discussed.