Mandela’s ANC Riven by Power Struggle as Party Elects Leader

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is meeting this week to choose its leaders and set policy amid criticism by its own members that the party is riven by corruption and power struggles.

Once inspired by the vision of former president Nelson Mandela to build a non-racial democracy after white-minority rule, the ANC is increasingly paralyzed by the battle for the spoils of office, according to branch members such as Noncedo Cwecwe.