By Johnathan Paoli
The ANC is considering changes to South Africa and its own Constitution to drive transformation of the country and renewal of the party, it said on Thursday.
“The constitution should be seen as both a key element of the victory of the National Democratic Revolution, as well as a living tool of transformation.
Despite its limitations and challenges, it should not be seen as a constraint, but as a transformative instrument,” said Andries Nel, National Executive Committee member and spokesperson for the party’s Commission on Constitutional and Legal Affairs.
Nel was speaking on the final day of the party’s fifth National General Council (NGC), which started on Monday, and wraps up with the outcomes of commissions on Thursday.
He attacked criticism of the ANC’s constitutional stance from the right, which he claimed was “reactionary narratives that seek to protect privilege”, and the left, saying “we have to
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