Cyril Ramaphosa should consider retirement, he has been “fighting” for 50 years now. Image: EWN
ANC Conference: Ramaphosa bemoans divisions in the party
ANC President Cyril RCYRILamaphosa has told delegates at the party’s national conference that disunity is destroying them
Cyril Ramaphosa should consider retirement, he has been “fighting” for 50 years now. Image: EWN
African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has once again condemned the factionalism that continues plaguing the governing party and warned that failure to unite would prove to be detrimental to them.
Ramaphosa addressed delegates on Day 1 of the ANC Elective Conference which is taking place in Nasrec, Johannesburg.
The conference will undoubtedly be a defining moment as the party will new leadership, a move which will determine how things pan out for the ANC in the 2024 national elections. It is no secret that the ANC has been marred by divisions, among other things, with members at loggerheads over who should lead the ANC. While some are calling for Ramaphosa’s removal and don’t want him to get a second term, his allies reckon he is the only person that can save the ANC.
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RAMAPHOSA’S WARNING FOR THE ANC
ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa has told delegates at Nasrec that the lack of unity within the party is attributed to fierce competition over positions, including those in office, as well as resources.
“Our experience of recent years is that disunity does not arise from ideological, political or strategic differences among us but it arises from a contest over positions in the State and resources that are attached to them. We need to acknowledge that our efforts over the last five years, we are not as united, we are not as cohesive or effective as we should be. Our disunity continues at the expense of the support that we should get from the people of South Africa,” says Ramaphosa.
Most of Ramaphosa’s detractors are allies of his predecessor, former president Jacob Zuma, who himself is attending the conference. Ramaphosa was heckled and booed by ANC members from KZN when Zuma entered the hall. Both leaders may be all smiles when they cross paths, but there is definitely no love lost between them. Zuma recently instituted private prosecution against Ramaphosa, claiming he and Advocate Billy Downwer, the state prosecutor in his arms deal trial, breached the National Prosecuting Act (NPA).
