The ANC in the Eastern Cape says it is happy that major policy proposals it pushed for have found expression at the party’s national conference. These include proposals on the energy crisis, an amendment of the ANC’s constitution, the basic income grant and organisational renewal. The conference, which was concluded in the early hours on Friday in hybrid format after an adjournment in Nasrec in December, resolved that Eskom’s challenges needed to be dealt with urgently and that steps should .
The ANC’s reigning in-house stand-up comedian, Douglas Ngobeni, had other delegates in stitches on Thursday when he claimed that Fikile Mbalula had sought to be ANC secretary-general “since 1912”, the year the party was founded.
With the ANC likely to dominate government for at least the next 18 months, the statement is a guide to all South Africans as to the party’s thinking and ideas about key areas of public life.
The ANC, worried about its declining electoral support, wants members who tarnish the party’s name to no longer be protected and be harshly dealt with instead. The tougher stance is outlined in one of the reports which formed part of the discussions on Thursday as delegates of the ruling party held a hybrid session to wrap up its 55th national conference.