The African National Congress (ANC), President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday address the organisation’s 2021 Local Government Elections Thank You Event.
The purpose of the event is to thank members of staff, volunteers, and communities in all forms for going out and exercising their democratic rights by participating in the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE).
Meanwhile, the ANC held a special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to deliberate on which party or parties it will enter into coalition governments with.
Treasurer-General, Paul Mashatile, met with the EFF until the early hours of on Sunday morning.
The IFP has refused to the work with the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal only, but the door is open in other provinces.
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The ANC’s ideological posture will be at the centre of coalition deliberations in the NEC.
Some within the party have expressed a desire to work with the Democratic Alliance (DA) to bring stability in local government councils, but there is also the EFF which is not so far removed from the ANC.
Acting Secretary-General, Jessie Duarte, says the party’s door is open to everyone who wants to speak to the ANC.
“The ANC’s is willing to speak to anyone who is willing to speak to us. We have also briefed the NEC on who we have spoken to already and what were the discussions. The negotiations team will get a guide from the NEC.”
Herman Mashaba’s Action SA has shut the door on the ANC, the IFP is open to talks but not in KZN and the Democratic Alliance’s federal executive has ruled out entering coalitions with the EFF and the ANC and any other party that it says is not committed to constitutionalism, the rule of law and nonracialism.
“The ANC will enter into coalitions with those who are willing to work with us. We have assessed the bad performance at the polls and NEC will provide further guidance but we won’t enter into unholy alliances. We have reached agreements with smaller parties but we won’t announce now until there is something concrete.”
ANC Coalition negotiation team member, Jeff Radebe, says the party will only enter into agreements where services will be at the centre of the arrangement.
“We will only enter coalitions where the people will be at the centre of the coalition. The people deserve services at that is what we plan in delivering.”
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