The ANC has become little more than a vehicle to shore up power and patronage. In the absence of a higher, unifying ideal, the party’s fortunes are waning, leaving only the DA and EFF holding a clear ideological line, writes helenzille.
Whether the ANC’s 55th national elective conference next weekend proceeds as planned or degenerates into chaos, history will mark the event as an important milestone in the prolonged disintegration of the party that once stood like a colossus astride South African politics.
Of course, the ANC’s final demise is still a considerable way off. As former DA leader Tony Leon used to say : the weak are a long time in politics...If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.
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