The 27th African National Congress Youth League ( ANCYL) elective conference has sermented its Top 6 leadership at the University of the North in Mankweng on Monday evening.
Current leadership are:
- Collen Malatji _ President ( 32)
- Francisco Dyantyi_ Deputy. President ( 31)
- Tsakani Shiviti_ Secretary General (35)
- Venus Blennies Magage_ 2nd Deputy Secretary General (30)
- Jacob Tau_ Treasury (35)
Unopposed President Collen Malatji addressed all nine provincial members by highlighting the 1944 speech of the former league President Anton Lembede.
Lembede was the foundational president of the ANCYL and a brilliant intellectual and attorney.
He championed African nationalism, driving the ANCYL to adopt a more militant, self-reliant ideology that influenced future leaders like former President Nelson Mandela.
He reminded delegates that every generation is tasked with discovering and fulfilling its revolutionary mission or betraying it.
Amongst the elected National Executive Committee (NEC) members are Ashley Malatji, a Tzaneen businessman, and Emmanuel Mongwe, who is the current Communication Officer for the Limpopo Department of Public Works , Roads and Infrastructure.
The conference will conclude on Wednesday.