Rustenburg - North West Local Government MEC Collen Maine is the provincial ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) preferred candidate for the ANCYL presidency, the league said on Wednesday.
The youth league announced him as their candidate at a rally in Pudumong near Taung on Tuesday. Maine is also the provincial chairman of the ANCYL in North West.
Provincial secretary Sipho Dial said Maine was the only candidate who could restore the ANCYL.
“We have discussed this position with the league structures and they said Maine’s credentials speaks volumes and his strong calibre as well as his strength to deal with tasks at hand, place him as the suitable candidate for the top position in the league.”
He said Maine had served in different positions in political movements and in government.
“He led the branch of the ANCYL in the then ward 13, now ward 26 of the Taung Sub-Region. He served as the member and leader of Congress of SA Students as deputy secretary in Schweizer-Reneke Region,” Dial said. “Maine had been a member of the youth league since 1996. He was the regional organiser of ANCYL in the then Bophirima, now the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati Region from 2002 till 2007.
“He served as the deputy chairman of the provincial executive committee of the youth league in 2008,” he continued. “he also served as the NCOP member in 2009. In 2013 he became MEC for Social Development till 2014. He is currently local government MEC.”
Maine, in accepting the nomination, said the youth league had chosen him to represent their aspirations as president of the league.
“As the member of the Youth League in good standing I have no choice but to lead the league’s masses in restoring the confidence of young people in this organisation. This is the organisation that should champion their interest and strongly deal with challenges that young people face, especially the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality.”
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