Some ANC supporters in Gauteng say electoral support decline due to bad governance
The event follows a poor electoral performance that saw the ANC lose its majority in the national government and three provinces, including Gauteng.
Supporters at the ANC in Gauteng’s January 8 rally at the Alexandra Stadium in Johannesburg on 2 February 2025. Picture: Thabiso Goba/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - Some African National Congress (ANC) supporters attending the party's rally in Johannesburg on Sunday said the organisation's decline in electoral support is due to bad governance.
The ANC is hosting its January 8 rally in Alexandra, marking 113 years of existence.
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The event follows a poor electoral performance that saw the ANC lose its majority in the national government and three provinces, including Gauteng.
Unlike most people at the stadium, Sam Sanyane is not dressed in ANC regalia.
However, the Alexandra resident said he remained a lifelong ANC supporter despite his reservations about the party’s tenure in government.
“It’s disappointing that this rally is being held in Alexandra where after 30 years of ANC governance, there is no change. They don’t build us houses, nothing - it’s embarrassing. The ANC is still our party, but it’s embarrassing us.”
Vakele Mbalukwana from the Alexandra Property Owners Rights said some good parts were left in the ANC.
“It’s not the ANC we are disappointed with, it’s the few individuals in the ANC offices that are a problem.”
GAUTENG ANC APOLOGISES TO ALEXANDRA RESIDENTS
The ANC in Gauteng has apologised to Alexandra residents for the poor state of the Johannesburg township.
The area overwhelmingly votes for the ANC because its seven ward councillors come from the green-and-yellow party.
ANC Gauteng chairperson Panyaza Lesufi said the party has not repaid the faith shown in it by Alexandra residents
“People of Alexandra, we have learned from our mistakes of Alexandra renewal. The new intervention of Alexandra will be better, will be quick, will be bold so that we can change the conditions of our people here in Alexandra.”
Lesufi has vowed to build new homes for the people of Alexandra, something ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa promised in 2019 but has failed to carry out.