South African President Jacob Zuma closing the governing ANC’s policy conference. EPA/Stringer July 10, 2017 ANC conference: governing party blew chance to regain South Africa’s trust Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology South Africa’s governing ANC appears to have lost claim to being a leader of society. This is clear from the outcome of its policy conference.
Protesters expressing their view of President Jacob Zuma’s government ahead of the ANC National Policy Conference. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters July 9, 2017 ANC policy anarchy – its leaders are too weak to lead, or too weak to take over Susan Booysen, University of the Witwatersrand The policy conference of South Africa’s governing ANC will be remembered for a party in disarray, plagued with internal dissent.
Reuters June 29, 2017 Why the ANC may be stumbling closer to its most serious split yet Susan Booysen, University of the Witwatersrand The possibility that South Africa’s ruling ANC could lose power in 2019 runs like a tragic thread through its policy conference documents. It agrees that its actions have repelled many supporters.