ANC Blames Apartheid, Pans Coalitions Ahead of South Africa Vote
- Surveys show ANC risks losing its majority in 2024 election
- Opposition pledges widespread privatization if ANC unseated
Fikile Mbalula, secretary general of the African National Congress, third left, with senior officials from the ANC on day four of the 55th national conference of the African National Congress party in Johannesburg.
Photographer: Leon Sadiki/BloombergThe secretary general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress blamed apartheid for the country’s manifold problems and warned against coalitions in a debate with opposition leaders, just months ahead of what’s likely to be the party’s sternest electoral test.
By contrast the leaders of the Democratic Alliance and ActionSA used the opportunity at a Johannesburg conference on Thursday convened by an Italian think tank, The European House - Ambrosetti, to criticize the government’s record and pledged widespread privatization if they took power.