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ANC admits to losing trust of South Africans

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The ANC has acknowledged that it’s increasingly losing the trust of South Africans and must urgently act to restore public confidence.

This is contained in its Policy Discussion Document on Organisational Renewal which was launched on Sunday at Luthuli House.

The documents raise issues for debate by party structures and society at large, ahead of the ANC’s Policy Conference in June.

Speaking at Luthuli House, ANC Policy Head, Jeff Radebe says the party must act urgently to restore its moral character.

“The document recognises that the ANC is increasingly losing trust of the people as illustrated by the declining electoral performance and intends public criticism. The organisation must act urgently to restore its moral character to win back the trust of the people and to ensure that the ANC is structured optimally for being the leader of the multi forces of change.”

The party must act urgently to restore its moral character

The party also identified access to finance as one of the key challenges facing radical economic transformation in the country.

The document dealing with Economic Transformation proposes measures to reduce unemployment, increase black ownership and control of the economy and return land to the people.

Head of the party’s Sub-Committee for Economic Transformation Enoch Godongwana brought up the issue at the launch.
Godongwana says access to finance is an issue that society must confront head on.

“Both for small and medium enterprise, I want to put that … and for black economic empowerment in general, if we want to make this radical transformation and transfer assets to black people there must be money available for these changes that are … unfortunately, black people have been deprived of assets, so they have nothing to utilise to transform. So, someone has to step up to the place. Who that is, I don’t know. It is a matter for discussion. Small and medium enterprise, if they don’t have access to finance we are dreaming.” One of the proposals contained in the ANC Policy Discussion Document on Organisational Renewal is that the number of members sitting on the ANC’s NEC should be reduced to ensure that the party’s most capable members are also available to do work throughout society.

The document puts forward a number of interventions aimed at stemming the party’s electoral decline and winning back the confidence of the public.

The ANC also proposed that the Presidency be strengthened to enable it to drive the National Development Plan as well as resource allocation and implementation.

Radebe says the rationale behind the proposal will not hamper the functions of other planning forums already in existence.

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