ANC president has cracked the whip calling on party members to exercise discipline as the second part of the party’s 55th national conference gets under way in the Free State.
The first day of the conference in December almost descended into chaos when delegates from KwaZulu-Natal disrupted Ramaphosa’s opening address chanting, “We Phala Phala, khawuphendule wenzeni uZuma?”On Thursday, Ramaphosa told delegates to be mindful that the national conference has never been held in two parts. “I therefore say in advance that we are traversing uncharted territory.
He reminded party members that South Africans are looking to the conference to set out a very clear, credible programme on the action that will directly address the crisis confronting the country. This conference, he said, also needs to send a clear signal to South African voters that the ANC is taking all the necessary steps to deal with the challenges they are confronted with, especially unemployment, poverty, inequality, the rising cost of living, crime, instability, poor service delivery as well as load-shedding that continues to affect citizens negatively.
“Though we were unable to compete the work of the conference as originally planned, we can count those five days in December as among the most important in the recent history of our movement. “During the first part of the 55th conference delegates demonstrated their unwavering commitment to renew and to rebuild our organisation but also, a commitment to rebuild our alliance and the broader democratic movement.
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