The real work starts now. That was the message from President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday during an ANC celebration rally outside Luthuli House in the Johannesburg city centre.
“Now is the time to work, because this is now when the real work begins … This [party] is the face of service delivery. Our people who were protesting, our people who were not happy with us, it’s not that they were mad … They were expressing their frustration. Now is the time for us to go and address their concerns. As the leadership, we are going to go back to all those communities which were raising issues," said Ramaphosa.
The ruling party won 57.5% of the votes in the recent general elections, retaining power for the next five years. ANC members gather at Luthuli House in Johannesburg, May 12 2019, where the ANC leadership thanked voters for their role in their victory in the sixth general election.Ramaphosa, who will formally be inaugurated for a new term of office as president on May 25, called the elections the most difficult campaign yet, but “in the end, comrades, it does not matter how you get there, as long as you get there”.
ANC members gather at Luthuli House in the Johannesburg city centre, May 12 2019, where the ANC leadership thanked voters for their role in the party's victory in the sixth general elections.“We must never, ever, ever go back to state capture … The Zondo Commission must be a thing of the past … They were saying [the electorate] at national level, provincial level, local government level, we must end corruption. And, comrades, we are going to end corruption.
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