By Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the ANC to deal decisively with corruption and unacceptable conduct while delivering a message in his Political Report at the party’s 5th National General Council (NGC).
Ramaphosa noted that while the ANC remains the country’s most supported party, winning almost twice as many votes as the next competitor, it also suffered its steepest decline in support since 1994.
“We lost our majority nationally and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal,” he said.
“Among other things, the drop-in support can be linked to the emergence of the MK Party, dissatisfaction with the economy and unemployment, service delivery failures, and anger about perceptions of widespread corruption.”
He stressed that the ANC requires “a renewal of values and ethics,”.
“We need to deal decisively with corruption and unacceptable conduct. Only then can the ANC again be trusted to put the people first,” said Ramaphosa.
To tackle misconduct
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