ANC members have until end 2026 to complete mandatory political education course - Ramaphosa
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the programme at its special national executive committee (NEC) meeting at the Birchwood Hotel, in Boksburg, on Monday.
FILE: African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa during the party's 112th birthday celebration in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on 8 January 2024. Picture: Supplied/@MYANC on X
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) members will have until December 2026 to complete a mandatory internal course focusing on political education.
The course aims to equip the party’s leaders with essential skills to manage the organisation and to govern effectively.
On Monday, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the programme at its special national executive committee (NEC) meeting at the Birchwood Hotel, in Boksburg.
The ANC hopes to implement its political education course across all its structures, including branches, leagues, and national leadership, by January 2025.
The programme consists of five modules, some of which will focus on the history of the ANC, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the functions of an ANC branch.
Ramaphosa stated that the foundational course can be completed in any official South African language.
“Education has a number of benefits. It deepens our understanding of the country we live in, its own history and it gives us the tools of analysts.”
Former Gauteng ANC chairperson David Makhura is among those who will lead the political education course.
“Armed with this, the ANC is going to emerge must stronger,” ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks about the importance of a political education course. @Alpha_Mero25 pic.twitter.com/ux8pmGwzDb
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