In by-elections this week, ordinary South Africans were sending the ANC a strong message.
President Cyril Ramaphosa during the ANCs 110th anniversary celebrations. Picture: Gallo Images/Philip Maeta
As the regional and provincial party conferences play out so, too, will the main arena fight between Cyril Ramaphosa and his “new dawn” loyalists and the radical economic transformation revolutionaries who idolise Jacob Zuma.While the caucuses are caucusing , however, there are some strong alarm bells ringing in the background for the party, which believes it can, as Zuma put it once, “rule until Jesus returns”.
Political liberation, anyway, was only half of the job – the remainder was ensuring liberation from poverty, racism and unequal opportunities. And that message was: we’re running out of patience with you.retained wards – and they lost a few crucial seats – the opposition parties, from the EFF to ActionSA and DA, all took chunks out of the ANC’s support.
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