NATIONAL NEWS - The ANC said last night its national executive committee (NEC) had resolved to take collective responsibility for the party’s weaker performance in the local government polls‚ and President Jacob Zuma would not be recalled.
The party would embark on numerous programmes to reverse the decline‚ including tackling corruption and stabilising stateowned enterprises.
It would also instruct the government to reprioritise the national budget to focus on key economic and social policies‚ ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said during a briefing in Tshwane.
“The ANC believes that arresting the electoral decline requires the ANC to immediately and courageously embark on bold strategies to re-energise our structures‚” Mantashe said.
The ANC viewed the poll results as a “clarion call”, he said.
The ANC planned to “re-engineer” the organisation and would embark on a series of programmes as it began a process of introspection‚ he said.
