ANC confronting threats to its credibility, says Bhengu-Motsiri

By Johnathan Paoli

The ANC has placed its renewal programme at the centre of the third day of its 5th National General Council (NGC).

Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said that the organisation’s midterm review was a “strategic self-correction platform” rather than a compliance exercise.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, Bhengu-Motsiri said the party was confronting “existential threats” to its credibility, unity, and electoral viability, and must urgently recommit to the values of the Freedom Charter as its guiding compass.

“I do need to emphasise that these commissions that are sitting this morning, all of that work is tied to the renewal message, the renewal programme, addressing the existential threats that we face as an organisation, and the message that says we must renew or perish. That is a core message that we wish to underscore as we address you this morning to give you an update, a recap from yesterday, as