2026-11-13 · Deutsche Welle
DW correspondent Dianne Hawker-Kalubi, who reported from various polling stations during the election, agrees with that observation, stressing that many of the voters she had spoken to expressed "a lot of frustration, a lot of concern about basic services not being delivered" for years.
Mokhiri Phooko, a Cape Town resident, said that "people are losing hope" across the country after over three years of the political landscape being dominated by late President Nelson Mandela's party:
"You promised us jobs, why [are] you not keeping up the end of your bargain right," she told Reuters, stressing that "(t)he unemployment rate went up drastically" in the past few years.
A shifting role for the ANC
The ANC itself meanwhile has acknowledged that things have to change: In a statement, the party announced that its National Executive Committee would convene a special meeting to deal with the "serious political responsibility to listen to the people, confront its shortcomings and provide leadership. assertive
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