Nceba Faku, an African National Congress (ANC) stalwart from the Eastern Cape, says he is glad the party is working to right its wrongs.
This took place as the party celebrated its 113th anniversary and reflected on its progress thus far.
ANC officials across the country are attending various events as part of the celebrations.
These events will culminate in a celebration to be held in Khayelitsha, Western Cape on Saturday 8th January.th A statement will be sent to you.
Faku said the party leadership was back to square one.
“I am glad that now the ANC has actually realized that we need to bring in quality leadership that can address these issues directly with the people and build the structure of the ANC with leadership that understands.” And bring people in to deal with the problem. ”
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Former Bay Metro Mayor Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Mayor Nelson Mandela Bay Metro said the party's decline in votes in the 2024 election was due to the party's longstanding failure to address challenges facing South Africans, including crime.
“Certainly, we have had challenges as a result of that and a number of opportunistic political parties have emerged to fill that space or gap. There are several reasons for this. One or more of them are crime problems, increasing corruption, I think we somehow missed the mark in terms of focusing on the core issues of the people, all the negative issues that people were expecting the ANC to address, but unfortunately we did. was preoccupied with other personality and fashion issues.
The Eastern Cape is home to some of the party's founding members. Faku says the state is rich in party history.
“Many of the founding leaders of the ANC actually came from the Eastern Cape. They were educated during their academic and intellectual development and learned about the ANC, Fort Hare products, Hilltown products, etc. You Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Dr. Gubusana, and many of these leaders.
Video | ANC stalwart Nceba Faku briefly explains the history of the ANC.
