ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that the party will win KwaZulu-Natal with an outright majority in the upcoming general elections.
He was addressing party supporters at the Esikhawini TVET college in Empangeni, on the north coast.
Ramaphosa believes that the ANC will perform well in the elections despite the criticism it’s been getting from opposition parties.
Ramaphosa said the ANC had run a focused campaign despite continuous criticism from their opponents. He says the ANC is not concerned about small political organisations that are trying to tarnish the image of the party.
“Our campaign was straightforward. And we are not worried about these small political parties. You can be worried about something bigger which can give you a problem. We didn’t even talk about them. On television, radio stations and newspapers they were insulting us, also criticising us.”
Residents of Thongathi have braved the rain to listen to ANC President Comrade @CyrilRamaphosa for the second KZN Siyanqoba Rally #VoteANC #ANCSiyanqoba #GrowSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/gIbdhNZOMr
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At the same time, former ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe agrees the party will do well in the polls.
Speaking in Umzimkhulu while on the campaign trial, Motlanthe said he was convinced that members of the party in the Harry Gwala region were united despite a number of alleged political killings in the area.
At least five political leaders were killed in the region in 2017.
A high-level national police task team is probing the murders.
Professor Nhlanhla Khubisa, the former secretary general of the NFP was today welcomed into the ANC by President Cyril Ramaphosa in oThongathi earlier. Other high profile NFP leaders including Njabulo Mlaba, the NFP's deputy chair in KZN have also joined the ANC #ANCSiyanqoba pic.twitter.com/6Y1QUKWO3Y
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