ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo The ANC celebrates its 114thbirthday in the North West this week, but political analyst Andre Duvenhage says the party has nothing to celebrate. The ANC’s main celebration will take place at the Moruleng Stadium on Saturday,10 January, but this event will be preceded by other activities that form part of the party’s celebrations.
Duvenhage toldThe Citizenon Monday that he expects President Cyril Ramaphosa to use his main January 8 Statement speech to downplay the challenges facing the country and his party. “The current state of the ANC is the weakest since 1994, with the worst and biggest challenges in the history of the organisation. “This organisation is in a crisis, a crisis of ideology and transformation that is not working.
The economy is not growing, unemployment is at its highest, and inequality is at its highest, so the ANC is not delivering in major performance areas. “Crime and corruption are rampant. The revelations by General Mkhawanzi also reveal that the ANC is at the heart of a criminal state.
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The ANC is even struggling financially, and even at an international level, the country is not having a good time, not only from the Americans but from other sides,” he said. Traditionally, the ANC’s president would use the January 8 statement to set the tone for the party’s year. But Duvenhage said that, with all the ANC’s problems, he does not expect Ramaphosa to deviate from the usual rhetoric he uses at major ANC events.
“They cannot say anything they have not said in the past; essentially, we are going to hear the same old story again.” Duvenhage said he expects Ramaphosa to reflect on the successes of the ANC, which includes the passing oftransformative legislationssuch as the BBBEE, the Expropriation Act, and the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act. “He will talk about strategic planning in terms of the 2026 local government elections. He will also talk about operations in terms of the way forward for the government of national unity (GNU). He will also speak about the relationships within the tripartite alliance,” he said.
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