READER LETTER | ANC can bounce back

Share current article via EmailShare current article via FacebookShare current article via TwitterShare current article via LinkedInEnter fullscreen mode displaying this image.Expand07 November 2026.The national spokesperson of the ANC Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, African National Congress secretary general Fikile Mbalula and Deputy Secretary Nomvula Mokonyane during a press briefing on the preliminary outcomes of the local gorvenment eletions at IEC National results operation centre at Gallagher convention centre.,. . . .Picture. Thapelo Morebudi. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s optimism is commendable and encouraging. The ANC stands apart from other parties because it was the first black government in this country.

Mbalula’s honesty about how the ANC anticipated an outcome much worse than what they got in the local elections is a frank admission many would shy away from.

But it is a good sign they haven’t thrown in the towel yet, despite the damage to their fortunes in KZN from the MK Party.

The ANC lost it when it became fixated on unworkable policies that have brought suffering to children who know that whatever education and training they receive will lead to dependence on social grants.

It’s not over for the ANC. It can bounce back by doing good in the fewer municipalities it now controls. — Cometh Dube-Makholwa