{"id":7044,"date":"2012-01-14T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/anc-sit-in-activists-to-appeal-against-decision-to-expel-them\/"},"modified":"2012-01-14T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T18:43:01","slug":"anc-sit-in-activists-to-appeal-against-decision-to-expel-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/anc-sit-in-activists-to-appeal-against-decision-to-expel-them\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC sit-in activists to appeal against decision to expel them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/1e4f0_2359314738.jpg\" alt=\"2149814\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">INLSA<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p>\t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t    <!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Sharika Regchand <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">THE ANC activists who staged a sit-in at the party\u2019s regional offices in Pietermaritzburg for more than a month last year believe that their expulsion from the party this week meant that they were being taken seriously. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">A spokeswoman for the activists, Sibongile Mkhize, said that eight of the 200 members who participated in the sit-in were informed that they had been expelled from the party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">During the demonstration, they had refused to leave the offices until their grievances were met.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Their key demand was that the ANC regional executive committee be disbanded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">However, the activists had to vacate the premises after the ANC\u2019s provincial executive secured an interdict against them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mkhize, who had been an ANC member for more than 30 years, said that although she had been expelled, she had not felt betrayed by the party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI don\u2019t take it as the party letting me down; it\u2019s just a handful of leaders who have taken the wrong decision. You can\u2019t be expelled for defending the ANC,\u201d she said adamantly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mkhize added that expulsion was the only way to silence them, as the allegations they were making were attracting attention. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The expulsion meant that Mkhize and her colleagues would be unable to participate in ANC processes and that the current regional executive would probably be re-elected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThis (the expulsion) makes us want to go out and fight corruption\u2026 we will fight corruption harder than before,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">According to letters, they were expelled for, among other things, provoking \u201cserious divisions\u201d or a breakdown of unity in the ANC, and undermining respect for and impeding the functioning of the party\u2019s structures. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mkhize said they would appeal the decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INLSA Sharika Regchand THE ANC activists who staged a sit-in at the party\u2019s regional offices in Pietermaritzburg for more than a month last year believe that their expulsion from the party this week meant that they were being taken seriously. 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