OPINION | A sombre atmosphere prevailed at the ANC policy conference as existential questions hung in the air. While the step-aside rule was confirmed, the odds are still stacked against ANC renewal, says politicsblahbla.
A sombre atmosphere prevailed at the ANC policy conference as existential questions hung in the air. While the step-aside rule was confirmed, the odds are still stacked against ANC renewal, saysIt was an ANC conference like no other. Gone were the revolutionary songs, songs about leaders, and the dancing in the aisles. A sombre mood prevailed over discussions as the ANC faced its future; a future in which power could so easily drain away.
Factional singing was shut down quickly; so were factional attacks launched against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO André de Ruyter. And, in the big debate on whether to scrap or strengthen the"step-aside rule" it was abundantly clear that President Cyril Ramaphosa and those who support him were victorious by a long way. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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