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The African National Congress held its two day Provincial
General Council (PGC) this weekend under the theme Working together
we can do more, now is the time to fight poverty and create a
prosperous society.

The PGC was opened by the President of the ANC, Jacob Zuma, who
congratulated the ANC in KZN for their hard work in the recent
elections campaign which saw the ANC win with a massive electoral
victory of 62,9 %.

He called on the ANC to be humble in victory and not to
undermine the opposition in the province but always to show respect
to all opposition parties to enable a conducive working environment
in order to improve the lives of our people.

He then called for reconciliation between the ANC and IFP and
pledged to personally drive this programme for reconcialiation
between the two parties.

The first task of the PGC was to review the resolutions taken at
the last Provincial and National Conferences and to reinforce the
programme for implementation of the electoral mandate.

Secondly, the conference discussed the state of the organization
in terms of its regions and leagues to ensure that are indeed
fulfilling their constitutional mandates and carry out the
programmes of the organization.

Further, the PGC analysed in detail and thoroughly discussed the
recent general elections as we begin our preparations for the 2011
Local Government Elections.

The PGC discussed the 2010 World Cup Preparations to plan how
best to ensure the success of the 2010 World Cup that takes place
in less than a year.

The PGC examined the Provincial Government's progress on
implementation and sought ways in which ANC branches could, in
their own wards, play a part in the implementation of the ANC's
manifesto.

The PGC was tasked with electing a new Provincial Secretary
following the resignation of former Secretary Senzo Mchunu who was
redeployed to serve as a MEC for Education. We are pleased to
announce our new Provincial Secretary is Sihle Zikalala who has
been acting in this position for the past month.

Cde Sihle Zikalala's election to the position of Provincial
Secretary created a vacancy for the position of deputy
secretary. An electoral process then took place and was concluded
via ballot voting. We are then also pleased to present to you our
new deputy secretary, Nomusa Dube.

The PGC was marked by a deep sense of unity and cohesion among
delegates, spirits were high and comrades engaged in lively debates
in seeking solutions to further the National Democratic Revolution.
Delegates were divided into nine commissions to seek resolutions on
how to make the lives of our peoples better.

The Council resolutions are as follows:

In preparation for the 2011 Local Government Elections, the
Council resolved to begin earnest preparations by conducting
assessments of ANC-led municipalities to weigh our strengths and
weaknesses by the end of the year so that necessary interventions
can be made.

In line with the President's call, Council resolved to convert
all Voting District teams (VD's) into a Volunteers corp which will
be embark on the grassroots mobilisation to strengthen the ANC and
become the foot soldiers for the 2011 Local Government elections
and Centenary Celebration in 2012.

Council resolved to embark on a vigorous recruitment campaign
from August 2009 as a way of consolidating the ANC support base in
preparation for the 2011 Local Government Elections and as a
contribution towards the attainment of 1 million members ahead of
the centenary celebrations in 2012, as per the resolution of the
ANC 52nd national conference.

While the MECs used the last two months to settle and establish
themselves in their respective departments, the PGC emphasized the
need to focus on service delivery as we declare 2010 as the year of
service delivery.

Council resolved to adopt the President's call to drive for a
final reconciliation between the ANC and the IFP in the context of
reuniting African people. As the provincial leadership we will
support the President's initiative to ensure the lasting peace and
final reconciliation between these two parties for the people of
KwaZulu Natal and to ensure unhindered acceleration of serivice
delivery.

Our government, led by President Jacob Zuma congratulated the
LOC under the chairmanship of Dr Irvin Khoza for the succesfful
hosting of the Confederations Cup. This event has uplifted the
spirits of all South Africans and sent a clear message that South
Africa is ready to host the FIFA 2010 world cup.

The ANC in KZN resolved to support the 2010 World Cup. As the
KZN ANC, we will mobilise all our structures within the movement
and our alliance to ensure the success of the 2010 World Cup. We
will embark on massive 2010 campaigns to promote and market the
tournament. We will also ensure that all our members and the people
of KwaZulu-Natal buy tickets for the World Cup early.

As we look forward to the 2010 soccer world cup, the PGC warmly
congratulated Bafana Bafana on their recent performance, that has
raised the morale of the country, They have done South Africa
proud.