HALISTER1: S. Africa’s ANC to Keep to Schedule for December 2017 Conference

S. Africa’s ANC to Keep to Schedule for December 2017 Conference

(Bloomberg) -- Ruling African National Congress held extensive discussion at its three-day national executive committee meeting about calls for a early conference, ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe tells reporters in Johannesburg.
  • ANC calls for “lifestyle audits” of politicians, civil servants to help eliminate corruption
  • Urges acceleration of process to sign law tightening rules on money laundering, which is stalled at president’s office
  • Politicians must stop “talking out of turn”
  • NOTE: ANC youth wing called for early elective conference after poor performance in local elections in August; it sought to counter calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down
  • NOTE: Aug. 30, ANC Risks Internal War as South African Finance Minister Probed Link
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