The party’s secretary general said he was only halfway through his current job and was focusing on rebuilding the party
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Mbalula said his primary focus remains rebuilding the ANC rather than contesting positions because the party could risk losing more support in the 2026 local government and 2029 general elections.’s voter share dropped to 40% in the 2024 general elections, raising concerns about its performance in the upcoming local elections.
“Leave 2027 alone; it is too far. Some comrades call me ‘Mbalula the future’, hoping I will be president ahead of Mashatile, which is not going to happen. Mbalula was responding to party veteran Tokyo Sexwale, who endorsed Mashatile as the next ANC president because of his “transformative” leadership style.
“Will he be the president? I wish he would be. You know why? Because I saw what we did at Polokwane,” he said.
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