Mbalula Sparks Backlash With Warning That ANC’s Collapse Would Hurt South Africans

African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has warned that calls for the party’s downfall could put ordinary South Africans at risk. He said that if the ANC were to collapse, the social and economic security of many people would suffer.

Mbalula spoke to party delegates and community members during campaign events in uMshwathi, KwaZulu-Natal. He rejected predictions that the coming local government elections will mark the end of the liberation movement. He said he is confident the party will last, and argued that its critics and opponents overlook the role it plays in protecting working-class communities, supporting social safety nets and pushing for transformation.

According to Mbalula, the party’s main problems do not come from its founding principles or its policies. They come from corrupt and under-performing individuals within its ranks. He said people who abuse public office, neglect their service delivery duties or take part in corruption damage the party’s historical mandate. He added that the ANC must act against those who harm its reputation.

Mbalula also pointed to the Western Cape. He argued that residents of informal settlements in Cape Town still face marginalisation, unequal use of space and neglect from the administration under opposition rule. In his view, the difficulties black South Africans face in opposition-led metros show what communities across the country could expect if the ANC’s governance structures were to fall apart.

He acknowledged that many people are frustrated by poor service delivery and administrative failures in various municipal councils. He said the party is carrying out a serious internal renewal process. He urged disappointed voters to separate the conduct of individual members from the party’s long-term development agenda. He also appealed to traditional supporters to back the ANC’s reform efforts at the polls on 4 November instead of turning away from the party.

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