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The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape,
in consultation with the ANC national leadership confirms the redeployment
of Her Worship, comrade Nondumiso Maphazi from the current deployment. We
also want to further confirm that comrade Zanoxolo Wayile is the next
identified Mayor-elect, with comrade Nancy Sihlwayi as deputy.

This
combination will take the council forward from where it is, by advancing the
laid down foundation and solid organisational infrastructure to a more
advanced level. The other portfolios will be announced in due course after
proper consultation with the executive mayor.

This decision - endorsed by
all our structures - follows a thorough evaluation of the political
situation in the Nelson Mandela region, that has resulted in tensions and
confusion surrounding the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela
Metro.

Having observed the great improvement and significant strides by the
ANC-led council in improving lives of the citizens of Metro since the dawn
of democracy, the ANC is convinced that Nelson Mandela Metro is the
strategic hub of commercial and industrial zone in the Eastern
Cape.

Motivated by the rich political heritage and the struggle waged in
this region as evidenced by the heightened brutality exerted by apartheid
police, the ANC is proud to pay tribute to the fallen heroes and heroines
such as the PEBCO THREE, Govern Mbeki, Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba and former
trade union leaders: Mbuyiselo Ngwenda, Max Madlingozi, Ncumisa Kodlo and
Noluthando Wabana.

The Nelson Mandela Metro is the home of our
un-diminishing, indelible and inerasable history of our struggle. The
resistance by workers, working class, and unemployed fighting against
exploitation, poor wage and squalid conditions of services strengthen our
resolve to work closer with the labour union, the federation of the workers
of the country, COSATU and the vanguard movement the South African communist
party together with the civic structures led by SANCO.

This broad alliance
is the lifeline defence at the centre of our National Democratic Revolution
whose aim is to deliver a national democratic society, non racial and non
sexist.

The redeployment of the mayor closes a chapter of painful tension,
confusion and collapse of expected relationship between its deployees and
the organisation. For a better facilitated development, economic growth,
service delivery and social security for the vulnerable sectors of our
society, we call for unity.

The new PEC took office motivated by
principles of unity and cohesion of the movement, providing adequate support
and guidance to its deployees, hence we caution anyone who is intent to
abuse both the ANC position, its constitution, power and influence to
marginalised the members of the ANC.

We wish to thank the executive Mayor
and her team, appreciating her understanding of the situation. Her
contribution to mitigate in social upliftment during her tenure, delivering
world class 2010 stadium has been noted by the movement. Selectively and
singularly we appreciate her and the collective that she put together to
ensure that service delivery is on track.

We urge people of the Metro,
civil society movements, church leadership, business chamber, youth and
other relevant structures to trust the ANC. This decision is not motivated
by elements of purging and hatred rather by a collective sense of putting
the ANC at the centre by ensuring desired stability. The new Mayor has been
directed to ensure that all corners of this Metro are equally treated,
paying attention to all wards, housing and public amenities for township
youth and a strategy to rebuild business confidence.
The ANC at this point
wish to point it out that this is not to be celebrated as it is not victory
against the enemy rather a close internal matter of the ANC to manage its
own affairs.