This long weekend, the ANC, a once proud liberation movement, heads into its 55th elective conference, looking worse for wear.
It is ironic that the conference gets under way on Reconciliation Day, when the party is far from reconciled.
If anything, the last 15 years since Polokwane have revealed a fractured party, where the push for power is the main concern, rather than serving citizens' interests. Both contenders vying for the position of ANC president - Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize - have clouds hanging over their heads. Tuesday's parliamentary vote on the Section 89 report may have shown that ANC MPs have Ramaphosa's back , but he still has to contend with investigations by the Hawks, SARS and the South African Reserve Bank into the Phala Phala saga.
The other contender, Mkhize, the former health minister, is accused of benefitting from a R150 million tender to provide Covid-19 communication services awarded to his close allies and friends. The case is still under investigation by the Hawks and the Special Investigating Unit .in some way or the other. as its struggle credentials disappear into obscurity. He examines what this means for the new,"no-brand" younger generation looking to take over, such as Paul Mashatile.
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