OPINION | The last few years have shown us that the ANC is like the frog in the boiling pot; it doesn’t realise it's frying and dying, writes OHeerden.
Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma during the ANC elective congress in 2017.The last few years have shown us that the ANC is like the frog in the boiling pot; it doesn’t realise it's frying and dying, writesI vividly recall the months leading up to the all-important ANC National Conference in 2017 at Nasrec. The whole country was enthralled with whether the Jacob Zuma-led Radical Economic Transformation faction would prevail, or the Cyril Ramaphosa 17 faction.
Well, how relieved were many when the announcement came post the first two days of the Nasrec conference that Ramaphosa was the victor and crowned president of the ANC, and subsequently of the Republic. We averted a catastrophe of mega proportions, I think. The ANC has always prided itself on wanting to ensure that there is no contestation when it comes to the presidential candidate as the chosen leader of the party, but it seems evident that this tradition is not going to hold come December.
There's also all the talk of renewal as if this is the panacea of all the challenges faced by the ANC leadership. So many suggestions and proposals have been touted over the years, but I get the sense the ANC is simply not interested in renewal. Look, the step-aside rule has gone some way in demonstrating a commitment to effectively dealing with cadres who fell short of the law.
What is required, especially from the younger generation in the governing party, is to call a spade a spade.
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