Only about 20 national executive commitee (NEC) members are seated on the stage in the main conference hall.
Familiar faces‚ among them SA Revenue Services Commissioner Tom Moyane‚ are mingling with fellow guests and delegates‚ including Mpumalanga ANC secretary Mandla Ndlovu‚ his counterpart in KwaZulu-Natal‚ Super Zuma‚ and the Gauteng secretary Hope Papo.