President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile arrive at Moruleng Stadium in Rustenburg, North West on 10 January 2026. Picture: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that South Africans are losing faith in his party because of its failures in government as he delivered the ANC’s January 8 Statement. He was speaking at the Moruleng stadium in the North West on the occasion of the party’s 114th birthday.
“We want to create jobs and economic opportunities for young people to use their energy, creativity and innovation to build their communities and their country. “However, we must recognise that our own weaknesses and failures in service delivery as a party in governance and slow economic growth as well as the high levels of unemployment have demoralised and alienated many individuals in our country,” the president told ANC delegates and supporters on Saturday. Ramaphosa emphasised that failing to carry out essential tasks could erode public trust and lead people to disengage from the government.
“We have to understand if we fail in the tasks that we have to carry out people will lose faith in us and walk away from us. “We have to do everything in our power to show our people that we are working hard to improve their lives. “We cannot blame our people when their question our democracy whether our constitution our economy and indeed our movement and the alliance really work for them,” he said.
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Ramaphosa stressed that his party has identified its weaknesses and is now working hard on their shortcomings. The ANC president said there are six tasks that the party would like to focus on in this year.
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