The ANC national chair told party delegates that if they are not united after the conference, ‘even the slightest chance of rebuilding and renewing the ANC will disappear’
ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe speaks to the two front runners for the Eastern Cape provincial chair role, Oscar Mabuyane and Babalo Madikizela, at the conference venue on Saturday. Picture: MICHAEL PINYANA
It lost control of the crucial Gauteng metros of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane to DA-led coalitions during the 2021 municipal election, after its national electoral support fell below the 50% mark for the first time since 1994. “But if you come out of this conference not united, even the slightest chance of rebuilding and renewing the ANC will disappear,” he said.
Mantashe said the decline in electoral support during the local government elections in 2021, “tells us that we are in trouble. Our back is against the wall. Something must be done to correct the association”.
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