Overview
- The South Gauteng High Court struck Stanley Itshegetseng’s urgent application that aimed to stop the ANC Johannesburg Regional Executive Committee from exercising its powers.
- Judge Wilhelmina du Plessis ruled he had not used the party’s formal dispute steps and said courts expect members to exhaust those remedies before turning to judges.
- The ruling did not decide whether the December 2025 conference was valid and it leaves Loyiso Masuku’s Regional Executive Committee in office.
- Itshegetseng alleged serious flaws in the vote, including a conflict involving the electoral agency, no results announced at the conference, and gender-parity changes made after the event.
- Itshegetseng is considering an appeal, and the fight reflects ANC factional strains in Johannesburg, with Masuku’s allies linking him to former regional chair and current mayor Dada Morero.