Ramaphosa: ANC Setback a Call for Tactical Review

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Ramaphosa: ANC Setback a Call for Tactical Review
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President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the 30th anniversary of Joe Slovo's death, stating that the ANC's electoral setback demands a change in tactics. He emphasized the party's commitment to the national democratic revolution despite the formation of a government of national unity.

Ramaphosa said the country’s democracy was robust and it tolerated both the voices of those opposed to the GNU and those who supported it. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing ANC members outside Chief Albert Luthuli House, Johannesburg CBD at ANC ’s 100 days of GNU event on 14 October 2024. Picture: Facebook/My ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the ANC ’s electoral setback last year was a lesson for the party to review and change its tactical approaches.

Ramaphosa was addressing a 30th-anniversary commemoration of the death of former SA Communist Party (SACP) stalwart Joe Slovo held at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto on Monday. Several ANC members, including Jeff Radebe and Lindiwe Sisulu, and foreign diplomats were in attendance. Various organisations also sent their messages of support to the SACP.Ramaphosa told those gathered that as much as the SACP was opposed to the government of national unity (GNU), it and the ANC were still united behind the national democratic revolution and a transformation agenda.Mbalula says ANC to charge Tony Yengeni, those who negatively tweet about party ‘after taking something at 2am’ Ramaphosa said this did not signal the decline of the ANC nor represented a defeat of the national transformation agenda. Instead, it sent a clear message that the ANC must act differently, decisively, and with urgency to restore people’s confidence in the party. This meant that the ANC must assess the balance of forces and “continuously analyse the terrain of our struggle and to review our tactical approaches accordingly”. Mbalula says ANC to charge Tony Yengeni, those who negatively tweet about party ‘after taking something at 2am’ The ANC’s poor performance forced it to form a government of national unity in which it shares power with nine other parties, including the Democratic Allianc

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