ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has promised that the party will fight to regain a majority in KwaZulu-Natal after being badly beaten by the new party Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) in the 2024 general election.
(The Post News)- ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has vowed that the party will recapture a larger part in KwaZulu-Natal. He blames recent setbacks on the influence of former president Jacob Zuma’s rival party, MK. Mbalula talked to the media at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, where the party held its National Working Committee (NWC) assembly
He commented on the ANC’s poor performance in the 2024 national elections and shared his recovery plan for the local elections. Mbalula recently visited three provinces where the party has seen a significant drop in support.
The visits aim to gain insight into the structure of the region and a deeper understanding of the reasons for the decline in results.
“We did not perform well in the 2024 elections. We lost majorities in Gauteng, the Northern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal, and our support in Mpumalanga fell from 78 percent to 50 percent,” Mbalula said.
He announced the ANC would revisit Mpumalanga next week. The defeat in KwaZulu-Natal is particularly notable because the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party under former president Jacob Zuma won a significant share of the vote.
Mbalula said the ANC had carried out an analysis of the election results and was taking steps to address the issues.
“As the national committee, we conducted our analysis. In the future, the national working committee will consolidate meetings with the structures and receive reports on them,” he explained.
Looking ahead to the local elections, Mbalula said the party was determined to regain lost ground.
“There is a lot we need to do. We need to strengthen our organization and branches. We went into these elections with a weaker structure,” Mbalula stated.
Despite the challenges in KwaZulu-Natal, Mbalula says the ANC has not decided on the province’s leadership but would like to return in the next few weeks to assess the situation.
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