Daily Podcast – January 11, 2024 polity.org.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from polity.org.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With forecasts that it will win under 50% of the vote in this year s elections, the ruling party prepares for a sea-change, The African National Congress (ANC) will be gravely weakened in this year s national and provincial elections with its share of the vote likely to fall below 50%, but it will not be forced out of government. The fate of President Cyril Ramaphosa depends on how far the ANC vote falls; if below 45%, there will be a concerted push for a new leader.
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Opposition realignments and ruling party exits open up the field for next year s election, The resignation of Mavuso Msimang, deputy president of the African National Congress Veterans League (ANCVL) and a respected lifelong activist, has widened cracks in the ruling party. It also points to a deepening generational divide within the ruling party s affiliates. ANC Youth League members have been lambasting the elders conservatism and its President Collen Malatji is demanding its members get a quota of 50% on the party s list of parliamentary candidates.
Mavuso Msimang, deputy president of the African National Congress Veterans' League (ANCVL), has resigned from the party after more than 60 years. Msimang said