NATIONAL NEWS - Malusi Gigaba, Supra Mahumapelo, and Bathabile Dlamini are among those who reportedly made it onto the draft list.
While the final ANC elections list for 2019 has not yet been finalised, the Daily Maverick and the Mail & Guardian are among publications who have reported they have seen a draft list.
It controversially includes a number of politicians who have been implicated in state capture and other corruption scandals, such as Malusi Gigaba, Supra Mahumapelo, Mosebenzi Zwane, Nomvula Mokonyane, Faith Muthambi, Bathabile Dlamini, and former president Jacob Zuma.
According to Mail & Guardian, the draft list places Zuma at number 74, Gigaba at 26, and Dlamini at 17.
Muthambi, Mahumapelo, Mokonyane, and Zwane are also put forward for parliamentary seats on the list.
African News Agency reported on Sunday that presidential spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the names would now be reviewed, with those that “sow division” or have criminal records, among other things, expected to be removed from the lists. Once this process was over, the names would be forwarded to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) in the run-up to the elections scheduled for May.
