The ANC said on Sunday night its national executive committee (NEC) had resolved to take collective responsibility for the party’s weaker performance in the recent government polls‚ and President Jacob Zuma would not be recalled.
The party would embark on numerous programmes to reverse the decline‚ including tackling corruption and stabilising state-owned enterprises. It would also instruct the government to reprioritise the national budget to focus on key economic and social policies‚ ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said during a briefing in Pretoria.
ANC leaders scared of taking on Zuma
“The ANC believes that arresting the electoral decline requires the ANC to immediately and courageously embark on bold strategies to re-energise our structures‚” Mantashe said. The ANC remained however the primary means of liberating South Africans from oppression‚ and viewed the results as a “clarion call“.
The ANC planned to “re-engineer” the organisation and would embark on a series of programmes as it began a process of introspection‚ he said.
Mantashe said party leaders would visit provinces‚ act against factionalism‚ tackle any manipulation of candidates processes‚ retrain councillors‚ as well as more swiftly deal with corruption.
“Although these were local government elections‚ some national issues dominated the national discourse‚” he said.
State-owned companies due for reform‚ included the South African Airways (SAA)‚ the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Eskom‚ he said.
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The NEC would task the Cabinet to reprioritise the budget with an eye on unemployment‚ poverty and inequality.
The ANC leadership‚ which has been locked in a meeting since Thursday‚ largely reflecting on the state of the party following the results of SA’s fifth local government election results.
The ANC’s 54% of the vote is its weakest performance since 1994‚ which raises worrying questions about an erosion of support‚ particularly in Gauteng‚ ahead of the 2019 national polls.
Another challenge for the party is that for the first time half of SA’s metros are hung‚ with the prospect of DA control of Cape Town‚ Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane. Mantashe said on Sunday the NEC was taking responsibility in its entirety‚ and was not pointing fingers at individuals. There had been no proposal from the floor to discuss the recall of President Jacob Zuma‚ he said‚ saying there had been “a negative narrative” around a number issues‚ he said.
The ANC continued to talk to numerous political parties with an eye to coalitions‚ and would continue to do so.
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ANC NEC takes collective responsibility and will not recall Jacob Zuma
The ANC said on Sunday night its national executive committee (NEC) had resolved to take collective responsibility for the party’s weaker performance in the recent government polls‚ and President Jacob Zuma would not be recalled.
The party would embark on numerous programmes to reverse the decline‚ including tackling corruption and stabilising state-owned enterprises. It would also instruct the government to reprioritise the national budget to focus on key economic and social policies‚ ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said during a briefing in Pretoria.
ANC leaders scared of taking on Zuma
“The ANC believes that arresting the electoral decline requires the ANC to immediately and courageously embark on bold strategies to re-energise our structures‚” Mantashe said. The ANC remained however the primary means of liberating South Africans from oppression‚ and viewed the results as a “clarion call“.
The ANC planned to “re-engineer” the organisation and would embark on a series of programmes as it began a process of introspection‚ he said.
Mantashe said party leaders would visit provinces‚ act against factionalism‚ tackle any manipulation of candidates processes‚ retrain councillors‚ as well as more swiftly deal with corruption.
“Although these were local government elections‚ some national issues dominated the national discourse‚” he said.
State-owned companies due for reform‚ included the South African Airways (SAA)‚ the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Eskom‚ he said.
ANC's young leadership makes play for power: Report
The NEC would task the Cabinet to reprioritise the budget with an eye on unemployment‚ poverty and inequality.
The ANC leadership‚ which has been locked in a meeting since Thursday‚ largely reflecting on the state of the party following the results of SA’s fifth local government election results.
The ANC’s 54% of the vote is its weakest performance since 1994‚ which raises worrying questions about an erosion of support‚ particularly in Gauteng‚ ahead of the 2019 national polls.
Another challenge for the party is that for the first time half of SA’s metros are hung‚ with the prospect of DA control of Cape Town‚ Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane. Mantashe said on Sunday the NEC was taking responsibility in its entirety‚ and was not pointing fingers at individuals. There had been no proposal from the floor to discuss the recall of President Jacob Zuma‚ he said‚ saying there had been “a negative narrative” around a number issues‚ he said.
The ANC continued to talk to numerous political parties with an eye to coalitions‚ and would continue to do so.
TMG Digital/BDlive
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