South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in a crisis. Having dominated the country’s politics since democracy in 1994, it has been losing voter support in the last three national elections. Since the 2016 local elections, the party has also been losing some of its strongholds.
Factionalism, association with corruption and poor governance have been its undoing. Some pundits are predicting that its 55th national elective conference will be the last to capture the national imagination, and that it is doomed to have less influence after the 2024 national elections. Talk is also rife that the party faces an existential threat. We bring you five essential reads on the state of the ANC.
