Over the past 15 years, the ANC’s popularity has declined sharply and in last year’s local government elections, the ANC dropped to 46% of the vote, about 10 points down on its prior local election result, giving rise to loss of control within many of the big metros and cities across the country. All indications point to the fact that the governing party is expected to dip well below 50% for the first time in a national election.
The movement has faced quite a number of challenges, but I think, where we are now, we have taken a decision to say the ANC needs to renew itself, do things differently. We need to make sure that those who are found at the wrong end of the moral stick, they are held accountable.” There is almost nothing the ANC can do to renew itself, for it is a party continually trapped within its own web of failed governance and corruption. Too many of its current leaders are compromised, and the fading public trust can never be fixed by chants of renewal, while a total lack of accountability exists for many within its ranks on gross maladministration and corruption.
Herein lies the opportunity for real and meaning change in South Africa, through the development and rise of a fresh and new alternative. One whose policies lie in the middle of the ANC and the DA, offering authentic and diverse leadership, representative of the nation’s desire for good governance and real prosperous growth. In the end, it will come down to a leadership team with high EQ, low egos and a concise, believable strategy and vision for SA.
ActionSA obviously.