Disgruntled African National Congress ANC North West members who want the partys 9th Provincial Elective Conference together with its outcomes declared unlawful and invalid, say they intend to approach the highest court in the land to challenge the high court judgment that verified the conference.
The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed their application on Thursday, with costs.
The appeal challenged the legitimacy of the provinces leadership elected in 2022.
The North West High Court had ruled in favour of the ANC against the applicants Lebogang Medupe and others, who argued that the ANCs Interim Provincial Committee IPC did not have the power to organise the provincial elective conference in August 2022.
Medupe says, "Our case is very simple, its not complex. its a straightforward issue that the term of office of the then IPC had elapsed because the constitution of the ANC is very clear that an interim structure must convene a conference within a period of nine months. Once nine months lapse, it means theres no interim structure that exists. We are currently assembling a team of lawyers to study the judgment. By next week we should have a way forward, but I can assure you that we are going to approach the apex court in the land."