ANC conference: Key policy outcomes and prospects

PHUTI MOSOMANE

THE ANC’s 55th national conference concluded its business on Friday night, announcing a raft of key policy proposals and interventions, which included, among others, resolving the energy crisis, poverty and inequality, the burning issue of the land, a review of state-owned companies and the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).    

The ANC, which elected new leaders in December, held the second leg of the party’s 55th national conference through a hybrid format in Mangaung, Free State, from the fifth to the sixth of January 2023. 

The first part of the conference was held at the Nasrec Expo Centre, south of Johannesburg. 

Observers believe that internal factionalism is impeding party reform and has been hampering its ability to address unemployment and entrenched inequality in South Africa.

Key policy reforms, for instance, on energy security, jobs and the green energy transition, have stumbled in the past few