President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the ANC's January 8th celebrations, urging reflection and legacy-building as the party navigates a critical juncture.
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the ANC 's January 8 Celebrations at the Mbombela Stadium.The year 2025 will be eventful. With the 2026 Local Government Elections (LGEs) coming up in 2026, both political parties and individual candidates will have their work cut out. As a party that has been governing South Africa for thirty years, the ANC will do itself a favour if it uses 2025 to reflect on its successes, failures, and questionable decisions.
If it fails to do that, it will dig its political grave. Ramaphosa is the current leader of the ANC and the leader of the ten-member multiparty coalition government. The onus is on him to be truthful to himself, his party, and the country.Since Ramaphosa will vacate his position as ANC President in 2027, it would be wise for him to start setting his legacy. Thus far, his so-called “New Dawn” has not yielded positive results on the country’s endemic triple challenges. Unemployment, poverty, and inequality have continued unabated. Importantly, corruption has continued to ravage the country under his leadership.will forever hang over Ramaphosa’s head. The fact that he was unfairly cleared by several state institutions and defended by Members of Parliament against Section 89 of the country’s Constitution did not remove the cloth that incessantly hangs over him. In the ANC tradition, every year begins with the January 8 Statement which sets the ANC’s agenda for the year ahead. Until the sixth Administration, the January 8 Statement was used to set the government’s agenda – which was reiterated in the State of the Nation Address (SONA).Things have changed in the country since the May 2024 general election. The ANC did not win the election. Consequently, it was forced to put together a multiparty coalition.This development derailed the ANC’s plans somewhat. It also deprived the party of its political independence. Since July 2024, the country has been run through a multiparty coalitio
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