ANC on the verge of losing power, says Mavuso Msimang as he quits party
Mavuso cited government failures under the party in his resignation letter, which Eyewitness News has seen.
FILE: Mavuso Msimang at The Gathering on the ANC's elective conference on 23 November 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - Struggle veteran, Mavuso Msimang, said that the African National Congress (ANC) was on the verge of losing power, as he quits the party.
He's cited government failures under the party in his resignation letter, which Eyewitness News has seen.
Struggle Veteran Mavuso #Msimang has resigned from the ANC. He’s raised corruption, dwindling electoral prospects & the party’s inability to act against those accused of criminality as some of his major concerns pic.twitter.com/VCRPQATg4G
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) December 6, 2023
The four-page letter has been submitted to ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.
ANC internal polls show that it is significantly falling short of securing an outright majority in next year's seventh democratic elections.
The ANC is facing its toughest elections yet amid growing frustrations over an ailing economy, high levels of crime and continuing corruption.
ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang said that the corruption the party once decried was now part of the party’s DNA.
He said this was also one of the reasons why the ANC was facing a dramatic decline in next year’s general elections, a claim Msimang said was also reflected in internal polls conducted by the ANC.
In his letter, he also questioned ANC leaders who owned obscenely wealthy homesteads and sent their kids to the best schools, while many children in the country risked dying horrendous and humiliating deaths from pit latrines at poorly-equipped schools.
His list of the many wrongs is long and includes the state of eThekwini beaches, the state of roads in the North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga as well as the 2016 Life Esidimeni tragedy.
And while clearly unhappy about his once loved ANC, he speaks of being heartened to know the South African spirit was still alive, while also lauding the Amapiano music genre for generating uniquely South African joy.