A group of disgruntled senior members of the ANC in the Western Cape announced their resignation from the party on Thursday.

They included the leader of the ANC caucus in the Cape Town City Council, Mbulelo Ncedana, and former Saldanha Bay Mayor Onel de Beer.

The ANC provincial executive had suspended Ncedana and De Beer from the party earlier this week.

"This action results from our deep unhappiness with the state of affairs in the party," the 11-member group said in a statement distributed at a media briefing in Cape Town.

"Voters of the ANC are watching in shock as the norms, values, and traditions are being eroded".

They intended to focus their energies on mobilising support for the national convention called by former ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota.

Sapa