--- title: "Frank Chikane to chair ANC’s disciplinary body as party shakes up its committees" description: "Following the election of a new National Executive Committee the ANC has now constituted its various committees as well as appointed chairpersons and deputies." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "THE SHUFFLE" author: "Queenin Masuabi" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/queenin-masuabi/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-21-frank-chikane-to-chair-ancs-integrity-committee/" published: "2023-02-21T09:15:17" updated: "2023-02-22T10:22:19" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 411 --- # Frank Chikane to chair ANC’s disciplinary body as party shakes up its committees > Following the election of a new National Executive Committee the ANC has now constituted its various committees as well as appointed chairpersons and deputies. By Queenin Masuabi · Published 21 February 2023, 11:15 SAST · Updated 22 February 2023, 12:22 SAST ## Key points - The ANC has appointed Reverend Frank Chikane as the new head of its Integrity Committee, replacing George Mashamba who had been in the role for five years. Paul Mashatile is now head of the Deployment Committee, while Nkenke Kekana, Maropene Ramokgopa, Zweli Mkhize and Thoko Didiza have taken over the Information and Publicity, Monitoring and Evaluations, Social Transformation and Drafting Committees respectively. Nomvula Mokonyane is chairing the International Relations and Elections and Campaigns Committees. Fébé Potgieter will continue as general manager of the party until March 2021. Meanwhile, Kgalema Motlanthe remains chair of the Electoral Committee but Chief Livhuwani Matsila is no longer his deputy. Deployees have also been assigned to various provinces to supervise and direct ANC work. Read more in Daily Maverick on how these changes will affect ANC governance going forward. - Reverend Frank Chikane to head the ANC’s Integrity Committee - Paul Mashatile to chair the Deployment Committee - Kgalema Motlanthe remains as chair of the Electoral Committee - Fébé Potgieter to continue as general manager of the party until end of March ## Content The list of committee heads, which *Daily Maverick*has seen, shows that [Reverend Frank Chikane](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-03-20-the-tarnished-soul-of-frank-chikane/) – anti-apartheid activist and co-founder of the anti-corruption group Defend Our Democracy – will be heading the party’s Integrity Commission. Chikane will replace George Mashamba who has chaired the committee for the past five years. ![Image](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ANC-comittee-heads-2023.jpg) [The commission was set up in 2013 to protect the image of the ANC a](https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/anc-concerned-about-capacity-of-the-integrity-commission-radebe/)nd to enhance its standing in society, by ensuring that action is taken to deal with public officials, leaders and members who face allegations of improper conduct. However, the committee has been criticised for being toothless since it only makes recommendations for how disciplinary matters should be handled while the final say still lies with the party’s National Executive Committee. *Read in*Daily Maverick:*“*[*ANC’s Integrity Commission? What Integrity Commission?*](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-14-ancs-integrity-commission-what-integrity-commission/)*”* The party’s deputy president, Paul Mashatile, is now the head of the Deployment Committee, while Nkenke Kekana and the party’s second deputy secretary-general, Maropene Ramokgopa, will chair the Information and Publicity and Monitoring and Evaluations committees respectively. Zweli Mkhize is now the chair of the Social Transformation Committee, Thoko Didiza heads the Drafting Committee and Parks Tau has been appointed to lead the Local Government Intervention Team. --- **Visit [*Daily Maverick's* home page](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=in_article_link&utm_campaign=homepage) for more news, analysis and investigations** --- [Mmamoloko Kubayi](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-28-step-aside-resolution-key-part-of-anc-renewal-economic-transformation-head-mmamoloko-kubayi/) remains at the helm of the Economic Transformation Committee and Sibongile Besani chairs the Political Education Committee. The ANC’s first deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, will chair two committees – International Relations and Elections and Campaigns. *Read in*Daily Maverick:*“*[*ANC’s electoral committee to probe complaint that its national conference was marred by vote-buying*](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-27-ancs-electoral-committee-to-probe-complaint-that-its-national-conference-was-marred-by-vote-buying/)*”* ![Kgalema Motlanthe during the the nominations session on 18 Decemeber 2022 at Nasrec Expo Centre,the party is holding its 55th National Conference.Photo:Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dghfqA9mOIKQNr0WFIzHHyYr9C0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/7N6A4230.jpg) *Kgalema Motlanthe during the nominations session on 18 December 2022 at Nasrec Expo Centre. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick* Former ANC deputy president [Kgalema Motlanthe](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-24-no-alternative-to-the-anc-but-kgalema-motlanthe-admits-there-are-serious-problems/) remains as chair of the Electoral Committee. \* The party has also assigned NEC members t0 various provinces. The deployees are expected to supervise and direct the work of the ANC at all levels of government. ANC rules state that NEC members should not be deployed in the provinces where they reside or to the structures they belong to. Fébé Potgieter will continue as general manager of the party, in what is said to be a “transitional measure”, until the end of March. Her tenure ended when she was elected as an NEC member at the party’s 55th national conference in December 2022. **DM** *\* This article was edited at 10.20am on 22 February 2023.*