Huge spanner in the works, just days before Mangaung

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The ANC in the Free State will host the 53rd national conference of the party, but will not take part.

The Constitutional Court declared the ANC's Free State provincial elective conference invalid, in a judgment handed down in Johannesburg on Friday morning.

An appeal was brought by 6 Free State ANC members who challenged the validity of the PEC in court last month, claiming elections at branch level were irregular.

The party begins its national conference on Sunday.

Meanwhile, disgruntled North West ANC members will be in the Mafikeng High Court again on Friday after filing an interdict preventing registered provincial delegates from attending the Mangaung conference.

The application was brought by more than 700 members, who claim that their views on the ANC's top 6 were not taken into account.

They also accused the party's Provincial Executive Council of allegedly allowing unlawful nomination processes to continue.