An NEC source said the party was not worried about MK party sleeper agents in their ranks

Trio of ANC heavyweights being touted as likely to compete for the provincial chairperson job

The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

The secretary general said a local government intervention task team would be sent to assist struggling Free State municipalities

The party is expected to discuss the matter at its upcoming national executive committee meeting, set for next week

The ANC has put off the decision on how it will intervene in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal until next month

Sources said the party’s national executive committee is set to finalise the possible dissolution of the two provincial bodies at its next meeting in two weeks