By Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified his push to reconnect the African National Congress with South Africans through a renewed focus on grassroots engagement and internal accountability.
Leading a community engagement programme alongside first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane on Sunday in Soweto, Ramaphosa described the initiative as central to the ANC’s organisational renewal, with accountability playing a big part.
“An important part is the accountability framework that we adopted where every leader will have to account for what they do in their own branches and branches that they will have adopted. And this is in an effort to reconnect the ANC with our communities and to make sure that we address the challenges,” Ramaphosa said
The programme, which included visits to local branches and interaction with communities, aims to revive party structures and ensure leaders are attuned to the real and urgent concerns of everyday citizens.
“This is
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