The election of former ANC Youth League deputy president, Andile Lungisa, as chairperson of the ANC in the Nelson Mandela Metro region in the Eastern Cape has been boosted by a visit by the party president, Jacob Zuma. After months of postponement, the Nelson Mandela Metro ANC Regional Conference finally got underway in Port Elizabeth. The party lost the metro to the DA during the local government elections last year. Veronica Fourie reports.