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The country will face in May this year the general election, where many political analysts predict it would be difficult for ANC to gain a 50% vote share to avoid the possibility of a collation government.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the achievements of his part-African National Congress- which has ruled the country for all of its 30 years of democracy. The country will face in May this year the general election, where many political analysts predict it would be difficult for ANC to gain a 50% vote share to avoid the possibility of a collation government.
Ramaphosa delivered the party’s manifesto to thousands of ANC supporters at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban recently. South Africa faces increasing poverty, unemployment, and crime and a crippling electricity crisis.
A procession of motorbikes with bikers waving ANC flags was among the first displays to entertain the crowd before Ramaphosa arrived to the delight of supporters. However, the tension surrounding this year’s elections was laid bare when some supporters entered the stadium grounds carrying a caricature coffin bearing the name of the uMkhonto we Sizwe political party, a new political organization formed by former ANC president Jacob Zuma. The party is set to compete in this year’s elections after Zuma denounced the ANC. Thousands of ANC supporters were bussed in from various parts of the country to ensure the stadium was full as early as possible.
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According to Ramaphosa, the ANC plans to create more than 2.5 million job opportunities in the next five years. He said some of these would come from South Africa’s transition from coal-based power generation to cleaner energy. The ANC manifesto attributes some of the challenges faced by the country to the COVID-19 pandemic, the electricity crisis, global political conflicts, the July 2021 unrest, and climate change. It also points out that the country’s economy has grown since 1994, and that the ANC continues to provide social welfare and housing for millions of poor South Africans.
