The Provincial Task Team continues its programme of rebuilding branches, leagues and structures across Gauteng ahead of the local government elections expected in November.

The 42-member team, led by Premier Panyaza Lesufi with Mandla Nkomfe, was put in place by the National Executive Committee to stabilise the organisation in the country's most populous and economically significant province. The NEC was explicit that the reconfiguration was not punitive but a response to the need for organisational effectiveness.

The immediate task, as set by the NEC, is to rebuild branches so that they are actively engaged in local development and responsive to community needs; to strengthen the brand and communications so that the movement's leadership role in the province is reaffirmed; and to prioritise ethical leadership and discipline in confronting corruption, construction and human settlement extortion, crime and gender-based violence.

Regional secretaries have been given a standing weekly reporting obligation covering branch general meetings convened, membership verified, complaints logged and complaints resolved. The Bulletin will publish a summary of those returns each week.

"A branch that meets but does not serve is not a branch," the Organising Sub-committee said in a note to regions. "The measure is what changed in the ward."