Ramaphosa scolds ruling ANC for losing South Africans' trust.
In a sombre address to an ANC national policy conference in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa urged delegates to come up with ways to tackle the corruption, persistent poverty, unemployment and poor public services that he said had led to the party's worst election result in history in last November's local polls.
Ramaphosa and his party, which has been in power for nearly three decades, face growing public anger over multiple issues, including worsening electricity blackouts because of a crisis at the state power provider, Eskom, poor or non-existent basic services, a sluggish economy, corrupt procurement tenders and a spate of crime-related shootings.
The party is also more divided than when Ramaphosa took power in 2017, ousting his predecessor Jacob Zuma, who is being investigated for several corruption scandals during and before his presidency. Zuma denies any wrongdoing. Ramaphosa says the money was proceeds from sales of game animals on the farm, but he has publicly welcomed the police investigation.
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